The soup peddler's slow and difficult soups Recipes and reveries

David Ansel

Book - 2005

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Published
Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press 2005.
Language
English
Main Author
David Ansel (-)
Physical Description
181 p.
ISBN
9781580086516
  • Introduction
  • September
  • Bouktouf
  • Truth or Consequences Green Chile Stew
  • October
  • Stupe au Pistou les Montilles
  • Alaskan Salmon Chowder
  • Armenian Apricot Soup
  • Pumpkin-Pear Soup
  • November
  • South Austin Chili
  • Caldo de Pollo
  • Smoked Duck and Andouille Gumbo
  • December
  • Ajiaco
  • Manhattan Clam Chowder
  • Green Split Pea Soup
  • January
  • Posole Sonora
  • Shorbat Rumman
  • Cedar Key Fish Chowder
  • Chompy-Chomp Black Bean Soup
  • February
  • Ukrainian Borscht
  • Moqueca Baiana
  • Hungarian Goulash
  • Chao Tom
  • March
  • Caldo Verde
  • Cioppino
  • Mulligatawny
  • Minestrone
  • April
  • Bouillabaisse Marseillaise
  • Ashkenazi Matzoh Ball Soup
  • Saffron Risotto Soup
  • Ash-e-joh
  • May
  • Smoked Tomato Bisque
  • Avgolemono Soupa
  • Schav
  • Maryland Crab Soup
  • June
  • Cucumber-Mint Soup
  • Gazpacho Andaluz
  • Stone Soup
  • Epilogue
  • Discussion Topics
  • Supplementary Readings (On Making Soup)
  • Stocks
  • Chicken Stock
  • Fish Stock
  • Lobster Stock
  • Ham Stock
  • Vegetable Stock
  • Glossary of Oddball Ingredients
  • About the Author
Review by Library Journal Review

Ansel's entertaining book is about delivering soup, the perfect communal food, in his adopted, tightly knit Austin, TX, community of quirky comrades and archenemy ice cream men. After spontaneously quitting his software development job, the author emailed friends and neighbors saying he'd personally bring them some soup for $10. This is the story of his second season delivering soup on "Old Yellow" (a bike and trailer customized from scraps). A clever storyteller, Ansel combines the traits of food writer Ruth Reichl, humorist David Sedaris, and urban journalist Kathleen Hirsch, who wrote beautifully about neighborhoods in A Home in the Heart of a City. Amidst the memorable stories of his offbeat clientele are about 40 recipes, some down-home, others exotic, none particularly difficult. The title pays homage to the slow food movement since Ansel's soups are handmade and delivered by pedal power. Currently in his fourth season and serving over 700 customers, Ansel has been featured on the Food Network and in the Christian Science Monitor. Highly recommended for all public libraries.-Bonnie Poquette, Boerner Botanical Gardens Lib., Milwaukee (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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