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People talk a lot about “community building,” but in the case of Soup & Bread, I think what we’re up to could better be called “community revealing.” Building implies a master plan — a certain […]
Around the Pot, part 4: Re-Thinking Soup
While Upton Sinclair was researching The Jungle, the muckraking 1906 novel that exposed in grisly detail the dangers of the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the last century, he often stopped on Halsted Street […]
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, […]
Soup cooks 3/23
Oooh, it’s going to be crowded on the soup line this week! In the house: Chicago Reader food columnist Mike Sula and roller derby queen Elizabeth “Juanna Rumbel” Gomez City Provisions empire-builder Cleetus Friedman Food […]
Soup & Bread: Extreme edition
OK, the “extreme” element of yesterday’s S&B refers not to the actual soup, which was tasty and plentiful, nor to the blessedly balmy weather, but to the apocalyptic streetscape that is currently the entrance to […]
Soup & Bread in action
Northwestern journalism student Jessica Chou did a little video report on Soup & Bread earlier this winter; I just found it on her blog. Vanity compels me to note that she made me take off […]
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 […]
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