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Creamy Wild Mushroom and Parsnip Soup

Jacques Pepin's Chicken Soup

Puréed Broccoli and Celery Soup
Celery adds a new dimension to the flavor of this soup and harmonizes with the broccoli. When you cook broccoli for more than 8 to 10 minutes the color fades, so I add a little spinach at the end of cooking to brighten up the color.

Pineapple And Molasses Spareribs

Purée of Asparagus Soup
By now, those of you who follow my work have seen a number of simple pureed soups that begin with onions, potatoes and leeks. Here’s another one. The beautiful pale green soup is all the more fragrant because I use the asparagus trimmings for the broth.

Creamy Cabbage Soup With Gruyère
This is a creamy soup that has no cream in it. I can’t think of a more comforting meal to eat on a cold winter night. The Parmesan rind intensifies the cheesy flavor without adding more cheese.

Sweet Potato Soup With Feta and Za’atar Oil

Griddled Venison With Pink Gin Applesauce

Forager’s Soup
This simple soup, packed with greens, is adapted from “Forgotten Skills of Cooking,” by Darina Allen (Kyle Books, 2009). It’s ready in 20 minutes, or can even be made in advance, for a creamy soup that warms and comforts while being highly versatile. Use any spring greens you like, whether sorrel, dandelion greens or chives. And make it vegetarian by using vegetable stock, and omitting the chorizo bits.

Parsnip and Carrot Soup With Tarragon
A fragrant soup that lets the flavor of the vegetables shine through. Parsnips contribute sweetness and texture to this fragrant soup. I used water, not stock, and the flavor of the vegetables shines through.

Cabbage and Parmesan Soup With Barley
A comforting soup with texture and bulk provided by barley. Parmesan rinds, simmered here in the same way that a ham bone might be used in France or Italy, contribute great depth of flavor to this wonderful, comforting soup. I love the added texture and bulk provided by the barley.

Lettuce and Potato Soup
This is what the French do with the outer leaves of lettuce that are too tough for a salad. The soup is good hot or cold.

Lettuce and Green Garlic Soup
Use a flavorful broth — chicken or vegetable — to enhance the subtle flavors in this thick, comforting soup, which uses lettuce as a main ingredient. Rice thickens the soup and it’s all puréed with an immersion blender.

Sauteed Pork With Chinese Egg Noodles

Thick Tomato-Bread Soup, Catalan Style

Garlic Soup with Potatoes and Broccoli
Garlic soup is a dish that you can turn to when you think the cupboards are bare. It makes a soothing, satisfying meal. The classic Provençal version of this soup is made with little more than water, whole crushed garlic cloves, salt, and olive oil; this version is more substantial and has a bit more flavor because I mince the garlic.

Egg Lemon Soup with Matzos
Rather than making matzo balls for this comforting soup, I crumble matzos into the broth -- no schmaltz required. In Greece the chicken that is later served as part of the main course for Passover is simmered in water with aromatic vegetables to create the broth. You can make a very tasty vegetarian version using garlic broth (my favorite) or vegetable broth. I like to add steamed Swiss chard when I stir in the egg-lemon mixture, but you could add another green spring vegetable, like fresh peas, spinach or asparagus. Steam them first until tender and add to the soup just before serving.

Chicken With Basil And Tomatoes

Roman Egg Drop Soup
Stracciatella alla Romana, or Roman egg drop soup, can be made in any season, and goes together quickly, as long as you have the most important ingredient: good homemade chicken stock. Parmesan and eggs are whisked together and poured into the bubbling broth to make “i straccetti,” or savory, eggy little rags.

Chilled Zucchini-Yogurt Soup with Fresh Mint
This refreshing summer soup is unbelievably easy. You can chill it down quickly in an ice bath (place the bowl with the soup in it into a larger bowl and fill the larger bowl with ice and water). Make sure to strain it for the best texture.

Taillevent's Cream of Watercress Soup With Caviar

Fresh Pea Soup With Miso
This simple Japanese-inflected soup has a delicate green flavor and a lovely creamy consistency. Served in small bowls, it makes a perfect beginning to a spring meal. Using white miso (shiro miso) keeps the soup light; red miso (a k a miso) gives it a nutty, more earthy flavor. Both are good. Japanese groceries sell fragrant shiso leaves in tiny bunches, and also offer the best choices for soft, silken tofu.

Beet And Ginger Soup
This beet and ginger soup is a snap to make. Many people believe that beets cleanse the liver and that ginger wards off colds, but even if you give no credence to such beliefs, it doesn't matter: this soup is just plain good to eat. I like to make things easy for myself and do no more than blend drained canned beets with additive- and sodium-free broth and grated fresh ginger. The soup can be wonderful at room temperature, or, if you like your soup piping hot, you can heat everything in a pan. But I never do. I just blend and drink. This must be the quickest route to a restoring bowl or mug of something on record.

Tuscan Bread and Tomato Soup
Although some bread soups are very simple mixtures of bread and broth, the ones I love most are packed with produce. And while the traditional versions of the Mediterranean soups are made with white bread, there’s no reason not to use whole-grain breads in these recipes. I don’t recommend sourdough, however, because the flavor is too strong. Called pappa al pomodoro, this humble mixture of bread, tomatoes, garlic and basil has a luxurious flavor. Although the soup is traditionally made with unsalted Tuscan bread, it works beautifully with any country bread.