The Soup Book: 700+ Delicious Soup Recipes for Every Occasion

Kristy: My boyfriend loved this book! It came in great shape! Thank you so much!

United States on Dec 12, 2023

josiahgibbs: I had high expectations for this book. They were all disappointed ...

Many, many recipes using seafoods that are simply not available inland. I think maybe 3/4 of the recipes are for seafood -- there are fewer than a dozen using chicken, only four that use beef (counting the beef liver soup). Way too many "soups" are chilled or jellied and not something you'll use for a family.

Do I want to contemplate Cream of Eel? No, I do not.

Cream of Bread?? Literally breadcrusts and water

There's an entire chapter of nothing but opening cans of condensed soup, mixing different types together, and reconstituting them with alcohol

Do you need five recipes for Shrimp Bisque? I don't -- nor do I need the multiples with only the slightest variations for so many other soups

A lot -- a LOT -- of the recipes he dates to medieval eras. Hey, there's a reason why those recipes are not in use anymore, much of it having to do with disgusting ingredients and primitive methods that nobody today has either the tools or the time to try

And as others have said, this is entirely in paragraph form, not an easily usable cookbook with a list of ingredients followed...

United States on Jan 23, 2023

Bret: Captivated by the number of recipes, I failed to realize it does not have picture companions, and some of the recipes are directed toward an audience with some knowledge in the kitchen so aspirations for the first time soup enthusiast should seek other material first. Overall, tis a gift for my partner. We shall see how it fares.

Update: gift was helpful and brought new and interesting takes on classic recipes. Read other reviews, they offer heavy insight but I knew my audience and it fared well.

United States on Nov 19, 2022

ANDREW: Recipes are over complicated with ingredients which are difficult to find.

United Kingdom on Jan 03, 2022

jg: I love making soups, especially ones that are a little different and unique
I bought this book on a whim and I am glad I did. I have spent the last few days just reading through the different recipes. I had to stop writing down the new ideas and from this book because there were just too many. And it was written in 1949.

This book is not for the inexperienced cook although you don't have to be and accomplished cook to understand what's going on with his ideas. There are no pretty pictures. He just writes the recipes down in short paragraphs for the most part. When he does expand on a topic, it is always well written and interesting. This guy knows his business

United States on Oct 20, 2019

Pamela Taylor: Lots to choose from .

United Kingdom on Aug 31, 2019

Alex Brown: Words can't describe, this is cheffy at it's best, loads of tips and tricks for making soup, I've decided on a new soup every fortnight, made two so far and they were amazing. Definitely recommend!

United Kingdom on Apr 24, 2019

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Canada on May 08, 2015

StillLife: I discovered Louis P. De Gouy when my then husband, whose mother loved cooking, bought a used copy of _The Gold Cookbook_; I read it, I loved his interesting comments and recipes. Mr. De Gouy "apprenticed under his father Jean H. De Gouy, Esquire of Cuisine, at the Courts of Austria and Belgium and under the great Maitre Escoffier. He served as Master Chef and Chef Steward in France, England, Spain, the United States and many other countries." Besides 800 soup recipes for Hot Consommes, Chilled and Jellied Consommes and Soups, Chilled, Hot, and Jellied Beer, Fruit, Nut, and Wine Soups, and Canned Soup Combinations (using such canned soups as Cream of Mushroom, Clam Chowder, Cream of Celery, Bean Soup, with recommended garnishes), Cream Soups, Bisques, Chowders, Miscellaneous Soups (such as Calf's Head Soup, Caraway Seed Soup, Cheese Soup), the book includes Ball Garnishes for Soups (such as Alsatian Burger Balls, Cracker Spicy Balls, Egg Balls, Mignonnette or Puff Balls), Custard Garnishes for Soups (from Almond to Truffle alphabetically), Dumpling Garnishes for Soups (from All-Bran Thimble-Size Dumplings to Whole Wheat Dumplings), and Miscellaneous Soup Garnishes (from Almond...

United States on Apr 26, 2014

Mrs J. Tilden: Winter is coming fast,and the men in the family love soup on a cold day. I love to make things for myself,and not open a can that contains more additives than soup.
This book is ideal,it has virtually every type of soup,be it clear,creamed or consomme. Just what I wanted. A souper buy!!

United Kingdom on Dec 20, 2011