Filled with fresh, new ideas and superb photography, this book introduces creative soups of all styles, including chilled, clear, light, creamy, spicy, rich, hearty and extravagant.

Features over 300 recipes for soups, broths, chowders, bisques, consommes, gumbos and laksas. This title includes chilled soups, vegetable soups, pasta soups, chicken and duck soups, meat soups, fish soups, egg soups, one-pot meals, and soups for entertaining. It also provides a complete guide to ingredients and how to use them.

This unique book provides the answer, with tasty recipes that are virtually fat-free as well. The comprehensive selection of recipes includes soups, appetizers, side dishes, salads, accompaniments and main courses as well as enticing low-fat puddings, desserts and bakes. Jamaican Black Bean Pot, Roasted Ratatouille Moussaka and Banana, Maple and Lime Pancakes are just a few of the tempting recipes that this book has to offer.