Soup Recipes

There used to be a tiny diner on Maple Street that made creamy loaded potato soup with crispy bacon. When they closed for good in … Read more

My neighbor Mark watched me shivering in my own kitchen doorway one Tuesday afternoon. I had just come back from a freezing walk and was … Read more

My neighbor, Carol, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her garden shears, and this smell—this warm, sweet, slightly spicy smell—hit me … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of frozen hash browns like they held the answers to life’s … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara, watched me haul a grocery bag full of squash and kale up our apartment building’s stairs last October. … Read more

I had never been a soup person. Honestly, for most of my life, I thought soup was what you ate when you were sick or … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a deep, weird craving for something warm and green. Not a salad, mind you—no … Read more

I was at the farmers’ market last October, staring at a mountain of butternut squash like it held the secrets to the universe. A woman … Read more

A friend asked why I couldn’t just dump everything on a sheet pan and roast it before blending. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

Introduction There used to be a tiny café tucked away on a side street in Portland’s Pearl District that made the most unforgettable creamy butternut … Read more