Soup Recipes

My neighbor, a woman named Rosa who gardens with a quiet ferocity, watched me one Saturday morning as I stood over a mountain of squash … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a soggy Wednesday, and I had a butternut squash staring at me from the counter like it knew something I … Read more

My husband claimed to hate soup for eleven years. Eleven years, people. He’d push a bowl of perfectly good minestrone away with a look that … Read more

That first real chill in the air — the kind that sneaks through the window cracks and makes you reach for a sweater before the … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s secret recipe, slow-simmered for two days … Read more

This was supposed to be chili. I had it all planned out—a big pot of my standard beef and bean chili, the kind that simmers … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last November when the smell hit me — someone nearby was carrying a rotisserie chicken, sure, … Read more

This was supposed to be a full, layered lasagna. I had the noodles ready, the ricotta was sitting on the counter, and I was already … Read more

The first real snow of the year started falling around four in the afternoon, the kind of fat, silent flakes that make the whole world … Read more

“This tastes exactly like lasagna, but I can eat it with a spoon without feeling like a human garbage disposal.” My sister said that halfway … Read more