New Season Garlic and Bread Soup

For the early months of spring you can get fresh garlic before it is dried.  It has a longer, greener stem, giving you the flavor of garlic with a youthful nature.  A food mill is very useful for this recipe–in fact a food mill is useful all the time…

Leek, Potato, And Oyster Soup

You will need a blender for the recipe, as part of the joy of the dish is the smooth velvety soup within which lurks the oyster…

Pea and Pig Ear Soup

This is based on a very dour recipe–dried peas, pig’s ears, and water, the ear giving certain body to the soup–but it is no less delicious for that…

Pumpkin and Bacon Soup

A dish suitable for a large autumnal gathering. One pumpkin will feed many…