Soup Recipes

There used to be this tiny farm-to-table place tucked behind a used bookstore in our town—The Gathered Table—that made a squash soup so good it … Read more

The woman at the next stall watched me staring at a pile of poblano peppers, probably for longer than I realized. I was new to … Read more

For years, I claimed I hated potato soup. Let me be clear—I stood by this position with the kind of stubbornness that makes people roll … Read more

The neighborhood fall potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I stood in my kitchen, staring at a butternut squash I’d bought on … Read more

The office chili cook-off was in twenty-four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s secret recipes, slow-simmered for hours, guarded … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked past me holding a bag of … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV—the one on Broad Street that always smells faintly of burnt coffee and desperation—when the woman behind the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I had a desperate need for something warm and velvety. I didn’t have the … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those fancy layered dips, gourmet sliders from the … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last November when it hit me. Not a falling box or a rogue shopping cart, … Read more