i hate to let you guys look at my playbook this early in the game (sports metaphor?!?!?), but i brought this up with jamie and jeremi last time, so i figured i ought to bring it up again.
this book has a pretty intense table of contents. there is a soup for every occasion, and then for each occasion, a soup from all over the world. Example: soups for events of childbirth from France, Lebanon, Mexico; soups for Lenten worship from Italy, Czech Republic; soups for a hangover, soups for mourning, soups for the season changes, soups for honeymoons.
the start of each life-phase/ritual chapter discusses the meaning and symbolism behind the ritual or phase, and then goes into the recipes, and (usually) has a story of how each soup came about in each individual country.
it is a beautiful book, and i am really glad i stole it from my mother. i look most forward to the hangover recipes. -- iris ann
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