Here are the best soup recipes from around the world in one indispensable and comprehensive volume brimful with cooking tips, serving suggestions and wonderful ideas for personalizing recipes from one of America's most noted cooks, James Peterson

SPLENDID SOUPS

By: James Peterson

Hardcover - Dustjacket - 524 pages

Published 1993 - Bantam Books

ISBN - 0-553-07505-5

Book in great condition with the exception of one corner - the front, right hand, bottom corner has a small section that is torn away. The remaining three corners are sharp, pages clean and unmarked. Book cover has only very light shelf wear, again with the exception of the front, bottom, right-hand corner which is torn away.

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--- Amazon Description --- Amazon.com ReviewEveryone loves soup, the world's most versatile dish. James Peterson's <I>Splendid Soups</I>, first published in 1993 and now updated, celebrates that fact with stunning comprehensiveness. Offering almost 300 tantalizing recipes ranging from the most pristine consommes to the heartiest peasant stews, the book also provides extensive technical information, tips, and serving suggestions that make it a true soup tutorial. The book's "ultimate goal," says Peterson, "is to give the reader the tools with which to invent," an aim he realizes with clarity, warmth, and precision. It's hard to imagine a cook who wouldn't embrace this authoritative yet companionable work.<p> The recipe range is vast. In 10 chapters that cover all the soup bases, including yogurt, bread, and fruit mixtures, Peterson offers an encyclopedic dish array. Among the entries new to this edition are Roast Garlic and Acorn Squash Soup, Thai-Style Hot and Sour Blue Crab Soup, and Dried Fruit Soup, a traditional Swedish specialty. Especially noteworthy is Peterson's introductory section on ethnic soups; a section offering strategies for reducing a soup's fat content (don't let meat broths boil, which homogenizes fat and liquid); and advice on what to drink with soup. With 40 color photos taken by the author, an equipment guide, and a useful chart for soup improvisation, the book is better than ever and a must-have for any kitchen library. <I>--Arthur Boehm</I>Praise for the fully revised and updated Splendid Soups<br> <br> "Jim Peterson's Splendid Soups is a comprehensive and mouthwatering atlas of the world of soup. It not only covers soups of all nationalities and every garnish, but provides a handy list of sources for every hard-to-find ingredient and kitchen tool, too. More importantly though, through his gargantuan world tour Jim empowers home cooks to strike out on their own and invent new soups. It just makes me want to get into the kitchen and start cooking!" -SARA MOULTON Host, The Food Network's Cooking Live; Executive Chef, Gourmet magazine; Food Editor, Good Morning America<br> <br> "We love James Peterson. Splendid Soups is a bountiful source of enticing ideas!"-the moosewood collective Authors of the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbooks