With more than 500 recipes for soups, broths, bisques, chowders, potages, and consomms split into ten easy-to-use chapters, cooks are sure to find the perfect recipe, whether its for a laid-back lunch with friends and family, a soothing restorative, the ultimate in comfort food, a sophisticated starter, or just a simple supper.

This compendium is crammed with 500 mouthwatering soups and packed with inspirational ideas for every kind of soup, broth, bisque, chowder, potage, and consomm?. Every page is filled with ideas and tips to ensure success ? making it the only book on making soups that you will ever need. With more than 500 recipes split into ten easy-to-use chapters, you're sure to find the perfect recipe - whether it's for a laid-back lunch with friends and family, a soothing restorative, the ultimate in comfort food, a sophistated starter, or just a simple supper.