Soup

Soup, the most ancient prepared food known to man, is healthy, satisfying, and universally enjoyed. Refreshing in summer and warming in winter, soup can be comforting or cutting edge, an elegant starter or a hearty meal in itself. In this truly international cookbook, Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton peer into the stockpots of Western and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Islamic world, Africa and the Caribbean, the Americas, China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. This wide-ranging collection includes Dutch Pea and Pork Soup, Zimbabwean Peanut and Red Pepper Stew, Moroccan Lamb with Green Lentils, and Toulouse Sausage and Bean Cassoulet. The flavorful, wonderfully unusual recipes--all stylishly presented and enticingly photographed--are complemented by instructions for making a variety of stocks and accompanying breads.