Soup Recipes

West Town Tavern Wild Mushroom Chowder

From Susan Goss Serves 6 Here is is: the long-awaited wild mushroom chowder. Sadly, I still haven’t been able to wangle the recipe for the blue-cheese croutons out of her. But if and when Chef […]

Mar, 28

Roasted Beet Soup With Smoked Trout and Sour Cream

From Cleetus Friedman Cleetus, the owner of City Provisions deli in Ravenswood, is so awesome he not only brought this stunning soup, which had the magical power to send a seven-year-old boy back for THIRDS, […]

Mar, 27

Fennel Soup with a Swirl

From Bonnie Tawse Serves 4-6 Up until she was 30 or so, Bonnie hated fennel because it smelled like black licorice. And, she says, “I loathe black licorice.” But then one summer afternoon, her brother-in-law, […]

Mar, 22

White Bean and Chicken Soup with Bacon

From Julie Sampson Serves 14 Ingredients 1 pound white beans (I used cannellini) 6 cups water bay leaf 2 carrots 2 celery ribs 1 large onion 4 or 5 strips of bacon (I used uncured […]

Mar, 13

Greek Avgolemono

From Helen Tsatsos Serves 16 Light, creamy, and kissed with lemon, this is the ultimate Greek comfort soup. Says Helen, “My mom and my yiaya (grandma) used to make this all the time. It’s very […]

Mar, 13

Congee (aka “jook” aka gruel)

From David Kodeski Serves 12 Congee, or jook, is a thick rice porridge found all over Asia in various iterations. It’s a popular breakfast dish in Cambodia and Malaysia, sickbed food in Korea and Japan, […]

Mar, 07

Creamy Tomato Soup

From Deana Burrows Serves 12 Pastry chef Deana teamed up with her friend Kitty (below) to deliver a color-coordinated duo of creamy red soups: one red pepper the other tomato. She also penned this lovely, […]