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Soup
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By Neil Perry
Published 2005
Soup would have to be one of the oldest and simplest dishes known to humans. I can imagine hunters and gatherers sitting around the fire throwing whatever was available into a pot, adding water and boiling the ingredients until palatable. These days, soup is often served as a simple starter but we can still sit down to a hearty meal of soup, bread and, now that we’re out of the Dark Ages, a bowl of salad.
Richard Olney tells us in the Time-Life Good Cook Series that restaurant chefs have reason to acknowledge the culinary influence of soups. The first eating establishment to be known as a restaurant was opened by a soup vendor in Paris, a
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