Soups, Stews & One Dish Meals

The Soup Bible
Edited by Debra Mayhew
Lavishly illustrated with step-by-step color photos, The Soup Bible offers a broad range of international soups: laksa, mulligatawny, bouillabaisse, peanut, minestrone, chowder—more than 200 in all. Organized by texture or purpose, light and refreshing, winter warming, hearty, creamy, special occasion, this collection gives the beginning soup cook a good cross-section of possibilities, and enough instruction to find success. Softcover, 256 pp. $29.99.

The Best Soups in the World
Clifford Wright
As there is still a chill in the air, there the kitchen and have a big pot of soup bubbling away on the back of the stove. Clifford Wright over the world; the likes of spicy Moroccan harira and comforting cream of tomato should chase the winter blues away. Softcover, 468 pp. $27.95.

Love Soup
Anna Thomas
From the author of The Vegetarian Epicure comes this all vegetarian soup book, which also includes many vegan recipes. The soups here are divided by season, so fall and winter offerings include roasted golden beet soup and spicy butternut ginger soup, while for spring and summer Thomas suggests curried spinach and sorrel soup and cold cucumber-cilantro soup. There are also helpful additional recipes for breads and salad and dip accompaniments, and just in case it was all getting a bit too vitrtuous, lovely sweets and desserts. Softcover, 528 pp. $28.50.

One Pot French
Jean-Pierre Challet
For those who love French food but hate doing dishes there is One Pot French by one of Canada’s top chefs, Jean-Pierre Challet. Straight forward recipes are presented in an elegant layout that makes these traditional and modern dishes un-intimidating and easy to prepare. Perfect for entertaining or a satisfying Sunday supper--traditional French food is within reach! Hardcover, 192 pp. $29.95.

Braises and Stews: Everyday Slow-cooked Recipes
Tori Ritchie
This elegantly designed book takes your favourite slow-cooked recipes that one step further with delicious and 'dinner-party-worthy' additions such as: spring lamb stew with artichokes and leeks, or ciplollini in honey and balsamic. You can practically smell the tantalizing aromas as you turn the pages... It even comes complete with a "Suggested Pairings" for accompaniments chart for each recipe. Delicious. Hardcover, 143 pp. $27.95.

One Pot Italian Cooking
Massimo Capra
A good-natured fixture of the Toronto restaurant scene , Massimo Capra presides over Mistura, celebrated for fine risotto. Here he brings us hearty one dish cooking inspired by his childhood in Cremona. Beginning with soups and culminating with chocolate risotto and zabaglione, this is a collection of recipes that will keep you warm all winter. Colour and b & w photos. Softcover, 192 pp. $29.95.

400 Best-Ever Soups
Anne Sheasby
Veteran editor Anne Sheasby has gathered together everything one could want in a soup book from ingredients to have on hand, making stock, an international array of recipes and nutritional breakdown. There are colour photos of both techniques and the finished soup. Softcover, 512 pp. $29.99.

Cooking Light Soup
Cooking Light magazine
57 essential recipes to eat smart, be fit, live well. Tasty, nutritious, reliable and easy soup recipes with tempting photographs to whet your appetite. Hardcover, 144 pp. $19.95.

Vegetable Soups
Deborah Madison
Wonderful soups of every kind for vegetarians, but no meat eater will feel something is left out with these creations. Divided by type (bean soups, broths, soups with grains) as well as season there is something here to satisfy every taste and occasion. Try Herb and Garlic Broth when you have a cold, Quinoa, Corn, and Spinach Chowder for something different, and White Gazpacho of almonds and melon, in the sweaty height of summer. Colour photos. Softcover, 230 pp. $25.95.

One Dish Meals
The Culinary Institute of America
Affectionately known as the CIA, this cooking school not only produces talented chefs but also cookbooks for the home cook that combine the knowledge and skills from the school with practical recipes of an international flair. Hardcover, 215 pp. $42.00.

One Pot Wonders
James Barber
The ever popular Vancouverite James Barber has put together a lovely little book on one pot meals that can be prepared as he says "in a one-burner boat galley, bachelor apartment, RV, campsite..." Hardcover, 120 pp. $24.95.

Braise
Daniel Boulud
A journey through international cuisine from the perspective of a nice big pot. This splendid book has recipes simple enough for the novice but full of exotic and enticing flavour. Boulud examines the art of braising with unexpected ingredients including fish, vegetables, and fruits along with more familiar meat and poultry. Hardcover, 228 pp. $41.95.

The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy
Domenica Marchetti
Glorious it is, or at least the names of each dish are in Italian. Divided by seasons this slim book is full of wonderful, authentic Italian recipes for soups, stews, and other one pot meals. Accompanied by hunger-inducing photos. Softcover, 168 pp. $24.95.

Soup Kitchen
Editors Annabel Buckingham and Thomasina Miers
Everyone who is anyone on the British food scene - Delia Smith, Antonio Carluccio, Fergus Henderson, Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver - contributed to this well-illustrated collection of soup recipes in support of charities for the homeless. Hardcover, 224 pp, $39.95.

Soup -- A Kosher collection
Pam Reiss
Growing up the offspring of Kosher caterers, Pam Reiss learned everything there was to know about soup from hearty vegetarian, the ubiquitous chicken to dessert soup including chocolate and strawberry. Photographs Paper, 168 pp. $24.95.

All About Braising
Molly Stevens
There are few things more comforting than a good stew whether short ribs braised in porter ale with maple-rosemary glaze, rabbit with roasted red peppers and merguez sausages or a beef ragu. A Fine Cooking contributing editor, Stevens is strong on technique. Colour photos. Hardcover, 481pp, $51.00.

For the Love of Soup
Jeanelle Mitchell
Whether a traditional favourite like turkey barley or a less familiar soup such as African peanut chicken soup, the methods in this self-published book usually feature only two steps.Mitchell offers tips for preparing, serving and making the recipes more healthy.Most of the recipes make 4-6 servings. Line and colour illustrations. Softcover, 210pp. $19.95. Recipe: Roasted Tomato Garlic Soup / PDF.

Soup of the Day
Brad McCrorie
Those of us who remember the Saturday morning ritual of refueling at Gert's while shopping at St. Lawrence Market will welcome this soup-a-day collection of Brad McCrorie's best (Brad is Gert's son). He serves up classics such as goulash, egg and lemon and chicken vegetable along with innovations such as watermelon with lime and kiwi or elderberry with smoked salmon. Paper, 192 pp, $21.95.

Big Book Of Potluck
Maryana Vollstedt
This one's chock-full of crowd-pleasing, portable one-pot dishes for parties, picnics and family gatherings. Softcover, 344 pp. $29.95.

The Best Recipe Soups & Stews
The Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine
The good people at Cook's Illustrated Magazine tested their way through hundreds of recipes for soups and stews to bring you their best from amongst the pack, loaded with tips and tricks. One example: for the best vegetable stock, "Use four kinds of alliums (onions, shallots, leeks and garlic) and sauté the vegetables until they are lightly caramelized before adding any water." Hardcover, $39.95. Recipe: Black Bean Soup.


Best Soup Cookbook
Marilyn Crowley & Joan Mackie
Easy to prepare delicious soups from basic chicken noodle to hearty bouillabaisse make this the ultimate book for soup lovers. $19.95.

 


Rose Murray's New Casseroles
and Other One Dish Meals
Rose Murray
Make-ahead casseroles and other easy one dish meals for people on the go who want minimum fuss and maximum taste. Out of Print/Not Available.

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