Soups

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I dumped dry lentils, canned tomatoes, and water into a pot and hoped time would do the work. …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought tomato soup was impossible to mess up. Canned tomatoes, some stock, blitz it, done. But my …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought I knew how to make soup. I figured: bacon, potatoes, cream—how could I possibly mess that …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I used to think bisque was just “fancy tomato soup with lobster.” I tossed lobster meat into boiling …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought corn chowder was just corn soup with cream tossed in. I rushed it, didn’t crisp the …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… I thought chicken soup was foolproof. Toss everything in a pot, boil it, done. But the first time …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… When I first made asparagus soup, I figured it was idiot-proof:Asparagus + water = soup, right?What I got …

I thought vegetable soup was foolproof. How hard could it be? Toss some veg in water, boil, done. Right? Wrong. The first time I tried, …

I thought broccoli soup was supposed to taste like health food—bland, thin, and something you eat out of obligation. I tried making it once in …

The First Time I Screwed This Up… You’d think clam chowder would be simple, right?It’s soup. How hard could it be?Well, my first try was …