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Savoring Soups & Salads celebrates the gastronomic and cultural customs of America, Mexico, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, India, China, and Southeast Asia. Expand your kitchen repertoire with 125 deliciously authentic soups and salads, from American Butternut Squash Soup, Roman-Style Fish Soup, Peppery Tuscan Beef Stew, and French Oyster Bisque to Chinese Shredded Chicken Salad, Italian Bean Salad with Tuna and Radicchio, Indian Tomato and Yogurt Salad, and Spicy Green Beans, Bean Sprouts, and Coconut Salad. Features:Twenty boxed features with watercolor illustrations describe regional customs and explain the history of special ingredientsHelpful introductions describe the various ways soups and salads are served on tables around the world
Author Notes
Georgeanne Brennan grew up in Southern California and attended the San Diego State University, the University of Aix-Marseille in Provence, and the University of California at San Diego.
After returning to California to start a teaching position, Brennan and a friend started a vegetable seed company that they promoted with a recipe-filled catalog. The pair struck success and began writing weekly columns for the San Jose Mercury News and the San Francisco Chronicle. Brennan published Apertif: Recipes for Simple Pleasure in the French Style, which won the Julia Child Cookbook Award in the Food & Spirits Category and The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence, which won the James Beard Award in the International Category.
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Table of Contents
Introduction | p. 6 |
North America | |
Beet, Orange, and Avocado Salad | p. 17 |
Wild Mushroom Soup | p. 18 |
Watercress Salad with Mushrooms | p. 19 |
Chicken in Lime-Flavored Broth | p. 21 |
Black Bean and Corn Soup | p. 22 |
Chilled Avocado Soup | p. 22 |
Hominy and Tripe Soup | p. 24 |
Caesar Salad | p. 26 |
Apple-Butternut Soup | p. 27 |
Mushroom and Hominy Soup | p. 28 |
Onion Soup with Maytag Croutons | p. 31 |
Tortilla Soup | p. 32 |
Pickled Cucumber Salad | p. 33 |
Poblano Chile Soup | p. 34 |
Summer Salad | p. 36 |
Cilantro Soup | p. 37 |
Corn and Black-Eyed Pea Salad | p. 38 |
Lentil Soup with Pineapple, Pears, and Plantains | p. 41 |
Buffalo Chili | p. 43 |
Potato and Meatball Soup | p. 44 |
Cheese Soup with Potatoes | p. 45 |
Spinach Salad | p. 46 |
Clam Chowder | p. 48 |
Warm Goat Cheese Salad | p. 49 |
Pork and Hominy Soup | p. 50 |
Golden Squash Blossom Cream Soup | p. 52 |
Cactus Salad with Chile | p. 54 |
Chicken and Chickpea Soup | p. 56 |
Pork Stew with Chipotle Chiles | p. 57 |
Cheddar and Ale Soup | p. 59 |
Festive Chayote Salad | p. 60 |
Green Salad with Jicama and Mango | p. 61 |
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Basil Vinaigrette | p. 62 |
Asia | |
Hot-and-Sour Soup | p. 71 |
Clear Soup with Chicken and Spinach | p. 72 |
Chinese New Year Salad | p. 73 |
Green Papaya, Bean, and Carrot Salad | p. 74 |
Spicy Chicken Soup | p. 77 |
Kari Leaf-Scented Tomato Broth | p. 79 |
Lentil Wafers | p. 79 |
Tomato and Yogurt Salad | p. 80 |
Fragrant Cauliflower Stew | p. 81 |
Sparerib Soup | p. 82 |
Stuffed Crab Soup with Bamboo Shoots | p. 85 |
Malabar Pumpkin Coconut Stew | p. 87 |
Raw Beef Salad with Lemongrass | p. 88 |
Chopped Winged Bean Salad | p. 90 |
Fragrant Spinach Soup with Cumin-Scented Potato Croutons | p. 91 |
Chicken Coconut Soup | p. 93 |
Cashew Salad | p. 95 |
Sweet Corn Soup with Chile Oil | p. 96 |
Lemongrass Soup with Shrimp | p. 98 |
Torn Chicken and Cabbage Salad | p. 99 |
Green Mango and Grilled Shrimp Salad | p. 100 |
Curried Chicken and Vegetable Soup | p. 102 |
Hot Sour Fish Soup with Pineapple | p. 103 |
Lentil Dumplings and Yogurt Salad | p. 105 |
Fried Bean Puffs with Ginger and Raisins | p. 105 |
Hand-Shredded White Chicken Salad | p. 106 |
Spicy Green Beans, Bean Sprouts, and Coconut Salad | p. 108 |
Eight Treasures Vegetarian Soup | p. 109 |
Spicy Yellow Lentil Stew | p. 111 |
France | |
Salad of Panfried Tomme de Savoie with Hazelnuts | p. 118 |
Melon and Fig Salad with Basil Cream | p. 120 |
Cucumber and Fennel Salad | p. 121 |
Oyster Soup with Three Herbs | p. 122 |
Savoy Salad | p. 122 |
Fish Soup of Marseilles | p. 125 |
Vegetable Broth with Pesto | p. 126 |
Ratatouille | p. 127 |
Mushroom, Celery, and Goat Cheese Salad | p. 129 |
Cream of Winter Squash Soup | p. 129 |
Springtime Lamb Stew | p. 130 |
Mussel Soup | p. 132 |
Salad of Baby Spinach | p. 133 |
Tomato Soup with Fines Herbes | p. 135 |
Nicoise Salad | p. 137 |
Gratineed Onion Soup | p. 138 |
Dandelion Salad with Poached Eggs | p. 139 |
Fish Stew | p. 140 |
Roast Garlic Chicken and Walnut Salad | p. 142 |
Summer Salad of Red Onions and Tomatoes | p. 143 |
Creamy Fish Soup | p. 145 |
Dandelion Salad | p. 146 |
Italy | |
Spring Vegetable Soup | p. 155 |
Fava Bean, Arugula, and Pecorino Salad | p. 156 |
Bread and Tomato Soup | p. 157 |
Celery and Olive Salad | p. 159 |
Warm Bean Salad with Tuna and Radicchio | p. 161 |
Farro Salad | p. 162 |
Pureed White Bean Soup | p. 163 |
Peppery Beef Stew | p. 165 |
Octopus Salad | p. 166 |
Roman-Style Fish Soup | p. 167 |
Sage-Scented Olive Press Soup | p. 168 |
Bread and Summer Vegetable Salad | p. 170 |
Venison Stew with Tomatoes | p. 172 |
Roasted Pepper Salad | p. 173 |
Twice-Boiled Soup with Black Cabbage and White Beans | p. 175 |
Seafood Salad | p. 176 |
Onion Soup | p. 178 |
Orange and Fennel Salad | p. 179 |
Farro Soup | p. 180 |
Cornmeal, Cabbage, and Herb Soup | p. 182 |
Italian Chestnut Soup | p. 183 |
Spain and Portugal | |
Cold Tomato Soup | p. 191 |
"Green" Soup | p. 192 |
Green Salad with Serrano Ham and Tomato Vinaigrette | p. 193 |
Galician Chestnut Soup | p. 194 |
Salt Cod and Potato Salad with Olives and Peppers | p. 196 |
Gypsy Stew | p. 197 |
Green Bean Soup | p. 198 |
Bread Soup with Cilantro, Garlic, and Egg | p. 198 |
Chickpea and Spinach Soup | p. 201 |
Beef Stew with Vegetables and Spices | p. 203 |
Garlic Soup | p. 204 |
Spring Vegetable Stew | p. 206 |
Fisherman's Soup | p. 207 |
Stone Soup | p. 208 |
Butternut Squash Soup | p. 208 |
Shellfish and Bread Soup | p. 211 |
Leek and Potato Soup | p. 212 |
Meatball Soup | p. 213 |
Summer Vegetable Stew | p. 214 |
Shellfish Stew | p. 217 |
Cold Almond Soup with Grapes | p. 219 |
Glossary | p. 221 |
Index | p. 228 |
Acknowledgments | p. 231 |