La soupe de vendredi saint

Soups are usually consumed warm rather than hot; indeed, the British insistence that everything should be consumed so hot that you have to wait for it to cool, or on plates or dishes that are too hot to touch, seems to our French neighbours a strange way of approaching food.

Soups will reflect the changing seasons and the availability of ingredients. There will be some for whom the Lenten fast is still obligatory, at least on Good Friday itself when this traditional stomach-warmer w