Soup: A Global History

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From the restorative powers of chicken soup to the warmth of a bowl of chowder on a wintry night, there is no food quite as comforting as soup. Soup, as Janet Clarkson tells us, is the first true culinary creation of humanity, and it has made a long journey from the prehistoric cave to the kitchen and restaurant table. Tracing its myriad reinventions through history and across the globe, Clarkson argues in Soup that it is the only truly universal dish every culture in the world makes soup.

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'Helped by tasty colour reproductions of old soup adverts, Clarkson investigates soups as comfort (chicken), medicine (lentils or, believe it or not, vipers) and weapon ("Arsenic-laced soup was the method of choice of the serial killer Helene Jegado (1801-52").' - Steven Poole, The Guardian 'The Edible series of books, with titles such as Tea, Sandwich, Soup and others, are full of fascinating facts but are almost small enough to squeeze into a Christmas stocking.' - Delicious 'as with all books in the series, this is a bright and wonderful read.' - InMamasKitchen

Author Bio

Janet Clarkson writes regularly on culinary history and is also the author of Pie: A Global History (Reaktion, 2008). She lives in Queensland, Australia.