Soup Recipes

The church potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen at 3 PM on a Saturday, staring into … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the pasta aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday when a stranger’s shopping cart bumped into mine. She … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a guy named Leo who I’d only ever seen in running gear, asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the man who fixes my car, but there I was, sitting on a cracked vinyl chair in his waiting … Read more

Introduction I was standing in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a bag of frozen corn, when this smell … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market on a cool Saturday morning, my hands full of kale and a bag of crusty bread, when a woman … Read more

This was supposed to be roasted acorn squash halves, the kind you just scoop out of the skin with a spoon. I had the squash … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark claimed he hated squash for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years! He’d make this face—you know the one, like someone just handed him a … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday, balancing my bag of kale and a too-heavy carton of almond milk, when the … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple baked potato bar for a casual Friday night. I had the potatoes scrubbed, the bacon ready to crisp, … Read more