Contents

Introduction   Please Read Before Proceeding   On Ingredients and Amounts   Essential Ingredients   Essential Equipment

  Stocks 

  Chicken or Turkey Stock • Stan Frankenthaler's Vegetable Stock

Smooth and Pureed Vegetable Soups

   Asparagus with Fresh Herbs • Broccoli Spinach • Roasted Butternut Squash with Apples • Cream of Broccoli • Carrot with Fennel • Cauliflower Cilantro • Butternut Squash with Pear, Orange, and Rosemary • Artichoke Lemon • Potato and Celeriac • Cauliflower with Cheddar • Triple Tomato • Curried Cauliflower with Butternut Squash with Lime, Garlic, and Ginger

Cream Soups

   Spicy Cauliflower • Corn Chowder • Parsnip with Sour Cream and Mustard • Cream of Mushroom • Cream of Celery • Tomato with Cheddar Cheese, Cream, and Basil • Curried Cream of Zucchini • Cilantro-Ginger with Cream • Creamy Vegetable • Ginger Carrot with Cream

Chunky Vegetable Soups

   Broccoli Cauliflower with Basil and Parmesan • Broccoli Rabe, Butternut Squash, and Caramelized Onion • Beets, Beet Greens and Lentils • Savoy Cabbage with Bacon and Cream • Chicory and Rice • Mushroom, Barley, and Leek • Fresh Corn with Basil • Five Fresh and Dried Peppers • Broccoli Rabe and Orzo • Spicy Carrot with Mint and Feta Cheese • Broccoli, White Bean, and Basil • Hunter's Soup • Mushroom with Frangelico • Not French Onion • French Onion • Roasted Winter Borscht • Pappa al Pomodoro • Mushroom and Sausage • Tomato with Goat Cheese • Todd English's Roasted Vegetable • Caldo Verde (Portuguese Kale and Chorizo)

Minestrone, Ribollita, and Other Bean Soups

   Fennel Minestrone · Ribollita (Tuscan Minestrone) • Noah Levin's Minestrone • Spicy Black Bean • Black-Eyed Pea with Collard Greens • Lentil and Kale • Curried Spinach and Lentil • White Bean and Vegetable with Garlic and Rosemary • Lentil Barley • Pasta e Fagioli • White Bean and Fennel • Cape Cod Kale • Split Pea with Lemon • Black Bean with Vegetables and Ham • Gordon Hamersley's Lentil • Split Pea with Smoked Turkey and Cream • Three Bean • White Bean with Basil • David Filippetti's Grilled Asparagus Soup with White Beans and Prosciutto

Chicken Soups

   Avgolemono • Carol Lessor's Chicken with Ginger and Dill • Nancy Olin's Chicken • Turkey with Shiitake Mushrooms and Bacon • Chicken with Rosemary • Chicken with Tarragon Cream • Chicken with Lemon Zest, Thyme, and Potatoes • Helen Geller's Matzoh Ball • Mexican Avgolemono • Mulligatawny • Pattie Sampson's Vegetable with Smoked Turkey, Romaine, and Parmesan • Vietnamese Chicken with Lots of Accompaniments

Fish Soup

   Bouillabaisse • Mussel Chowder • New England Clam Chowder • Spicy Clam and Vegetable <Chili 

  Beef Chili with Beer • Black Bean Chili • Chili with Eggplant and Beef • Harpoon Chili • Spicy Sausage Chili

Stews

   Sharon Smith's Beef Carbonnade • Moroccan Vegetable Stew with Raisins, Herbs, and Rice • Chicken Fricassee • Gordon Hamersley's Roasted Vegetable Stew with a Garlic Crumble Crust • Cassoulet, sort of • Classic Beef Stew • Curried Beef Stew • Curried Chicken Stew

Chilled Soups

   Ginger Melon • Chilled Borscht • Tomato Cucumber • Curried Chicken • Cucumber Walnut • Cream of Avocado • Avocado and Shrimp "Seviche" • Summer Minestrone • Curried Cream of Fresh Pea • Carol Lessor's Moroccan Tomato Soup • Spinach with Garlic, Lemon, and Yogurt • Vichyssoise • Cream of Watercress

Gazpacho

   Classic Red Gazpacho • Avocado and Lime Gazpacho •Grape and Cucumber Gazpacho • Cucumber and Cilantro Gazpacho • Orange Gazpacho • Tropical Fruit Gazpacho

All-Purpose Salad Dressings

   Balsamic Vinaigrette • Citrus Dressing • Sarah Conover's Pesto Dressing • Orange Vinaigrette • Creamy Blue Cheese • Stan Frankenthaler's Green Goddess Dressing • Caesar Dressing

Breads to Make It a Meal  

Croutons • Cornbread • Irish Soda Bread • Biscuits •Garlic Bread

Seven Perfect Sweets

Cocoa Cookies • Toasted Hazelnut Shortbread Cookies •Brownies • Oatmeal Lace Cookies • Milly Romanzi's Fruit Tart • James Mauch's Fruit Crisp • Bread Pudding with Whisky and White Chocolate

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