Soup Suppers

”“Soup Suppers” is an enormously enticing book, an inspiration for cooking easy, inexpensive, and nourishing meals with seasonal ingredients. This is the way I want to cook for my family andfriends.“– Alice Waters”Like Arthur Schwartz, I come ‘from a serious soup-making, soup-eating family’. But I must say, the Scotch Broth and Corn Chowder I was weaned on pale beside this colorful collection, which includes some superb-sounding Russian and Middle Eastern soups I’ve never heard of. Arthur makes them all sound so easy, so “delicious, ” I can’t wait to haul out the soup kettle. “Soup Suppers” is one cookbook that is going to end up with plenty of smudges and spatters–the ultimate compliment!“– Jean Anderson, coauthor, “The New German Cookbook”“Why do I love “Soup Suppers” like I do? First and foremost, it is by Arthur Schwartz, whose no-nonsense palate knows what “good” tastes like. Second … there is no second!“– Julie Sahni, Author, “Classic Indian Cooking”“Some cookbooks are fun to read, others are useful. “What to Cook” is both. It manages to transform a bare cupboard into a kitchen adventure. We’re going to keep our copy on the emergency shelf, so we can turn to it whenever we find ourselves in need of a quick recipe or some delightful kitchen companionship: Arthur Schwartz has provided plenty of both.‘– Jane and Michael Stern, “American Gourmet”“Arthur Schwartz is a man who cooks almost as well as he eats, and in “What to Cook” he shares both of these do-able pleasures with the home cook”– Barbara Kafka

Arthur Schwartz hosts “Food Talk,” a popular New York City-based, nationally syndicated radio show, and was the longtime restaurant critic and food editor of the New York Daily News. He is the author of Cooking in a Small Kitchen, What to Cook When You Think There’s Nothing in the House to Eat, and Soup Suppers.