That time of year again

The thermometer taunts you, darkness descends at 4. Around every corner, salt trucks lurk at the ready. Wouldn’t it be nice to spend a little time with a piping hot pot of soup?

Well, you’re in luck. The 2014 season of Soup & Bread: Chicago kicks off  January 8 at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, and runs every Wednesday, 5:30-8 pm through April 16. That’s 15 weeks of soup to be served up for the slurping — and that means we need cooks!  Our themed soup nights were such a hit last year that we’re bringing them back, spit-shined and possibly stranger than before. Check the schedule below to see what you’re getting yourself into.

As ever, we will be asking for a pay-what-you-can donation at the door; all proceeds from Soup & Bread are donated to a different food pantry or hunger relief organization each week. We have a few open dates still, so if you have a group you’d like us to consider as a beneficiary, please get in touch. In the wake of November 1 cuts to the food stamp program — and with the threat of up to $40 billion more in cuts on the horizon — need is greater than ever this year. If you want more information on hunger in Chicago, this is a good place to start.

And now behold, the 2014 Soup & Bread Schedule, celebrating …

Jan 8: Fire v. Ice
Jan 15: Southern Comforts
Jan 22: The Woods
Jan 29: Minimalism
Feb 5:  Mac v. Cheese
Feb 12: Love, Lust & Hate
Feb 19: The River
Feb: 26: Maximalism
March 5: Roots v. Sprouts
March 12: Daylight Savings Soup (aka “Lighten Up”)
March 19: The Hills
March 26: Herbalism
April 2: Rahm(en) v. Daley
April 9: Tastes Like Chicken
April 16: The Fields

If you’d like to sign up to cook, please shoot us a note at soupnbread10@gmail.com with your preferred dates, and we’ll get you on the schedule, pronto.