Soup Recipes

I wasn’t supposed to be there that long. I’d stopped by Jenna’s place to grab a book I’d lent her months ago—nothing more than a … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV—a place where culinary inspiration goes to die—when the man behind the counter, a guy named Earl with … Read more

My brother asked why I couldn’t just dump the baked potatoes into the soup pot, skins and all. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a garden trowel—she’d mentioned she had an extra—and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I was standing in line at the local hardware store—of all places—when the woman behind me, holding a bag of lightbulbs and a single, very … Read more

I had claimed to hate chicken noodle soup for about fifteen years. Fifteen years of turning up my nose at it in delis, pushing it … Read more

You know when you taste something and immediately think, “I need to make this for everyone I know”? That’s this soup. It’s the kind of … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I was hit with the kind of lasagna craving that feels almost unreasonable at that hour. … Read more

Introduction Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a car seat—ours had a mysterious sticky situation going on—and the smell hit … Read more

My neighbor Rosa watched me fumbling with a bag of sun-dried tomatoes at the farmer’s market last fall, and she didn’t say anything at first. … Read more