I Love Soup!

My favorite season is here! Soup season! Cooler temperatures give me permission to have soup early and often. I like to make soups because they are so easy, so forgiving, and generally easy to make in advance. This week I'll feature a soup recipe every day. I don't expect you to have soup every day--I probably won't either--but I hope you find a new favorite or two in this list.

Part of my love for soup is tied to memories of family vacations to Chicago to visit grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We always stayed with my grandparents, and whenever we arrived after the long drive from Nashville, Nanny would have a pot of soup on the stove. Soup is a good choice always, but especially when you don't know exactly when visitors are arriving, as few did in the Time Before Cell Phones. I'm not sure if a love of soup is genetic, but if it is, I know where I got it. Thanks, Nanny.

Avgolemono--chicken, lemon, Arborio rice, and the soup trinity--carrots, celery, and onions.