Soup Recipes

I was pulling into the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when the smell of someone’s slow cooker hit me from three cars over. It … Read more

There used to be a tiny French bistro tucked in an alley in downtown Portland called Le Petit Pot that made the most incredible butternut … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, holding a new faucet I wasn’t entirely sure how to install, when the … Read more

My friend Mark asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into one pot and let it simmer. I was mid-lecture about the proper way to … Read more

Last October, my neighbor Dave knocked on my door holding a dented pot and looking slightly embarrassed. “My wife’s sick,” he said, “and I’m trying … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I was hit with a craving so specific it almost hurt. I wanted chicken noodle soup … Read more

I had a whole plan for that leftover turkey. I was going to make these fancy turkey enchiladas with a smoky chipotle sauce—the kind that … Read more

My seven-year-old, Lily, watched me one afternoon as I wrestled with a honeynut squash, trying to get a knife through its tough skin. I was … Read more

My neighbor Mark wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow his snow shovel—we’d just gotten dumped on and mine had snapped in … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—when the woman ahead of me, maybe seventy years old with flour dusted on her … Read more