Soup Recipes

My neighbor Mrs. Chen watched me shivering at the bus stop for three straight mornings before she finally said something. “You need warmer food,” she … Read more

The neighborhood soup swap was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s legendary chicken noodle, that award-winning butternut … Read more

I burned the first batch of pepitas so badly the smoke alarm went off, and I still served that soup for dinner. That was the … Read more

Third time in six days and I finally stopped adding more curry paste. That was the problem, you see—I kept thinking a soup called “curry” … Read more

Late October dusk, and the only thing I want is this soup. The kitchen is quiet except for the hum of the oven and the … Read more

“You call this soup? It looks like a party in a bowl.” That’s what my brother said the first time I made this taco soup, … Read more

The last spoonful was scraped clean from the pot before I had even turned off the Instant Pot. My husband stood there, bowl in hand, … Read more

My friend Jenna swore this soup would ruin lasagna for me. I laughed it off. I mean, lasagna is lasagna, right? Layers of pasta, meat, … Read more

My sister handed me a butternut squash last fall with a look I knew too well. “Make that soup everyone talks about,” she said. I … Read more

The way the steam curls off the surface, thick and slow, like it’s too heavy to rise quickly—that’s the first thing you notice. Then comes … Read more