You know when you’re scooping soup and you have enough broth in your bowl, so you want some more of the good stuff, but you can’t get it because your ladle keeps grabbing all the juice, and you wind up saying to the soup pot, I don’t want the dang juice?
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Tomato soup and grilled cheese are a pretty unbeatable combo – and I’m not talking about that stuff in the red-labeled can, unless you like that kind.  Think Gruyère, Romano and a little goat cheese combo grilled on a slab of fresh focaccia and homemade tomato basil soup.  Sometimes a balancing act, for sure, especially [...]

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Yesterday, I posted a nice white soup bowl, because I like it and thought others would too.  And I was cold.  And hungry for soup.  Well.  My sister totally railed on me about the price….she wrote $25 for one bowl?????  Holy Moly!!!  We need soup bowls, but wow…” Yes.  She really said Holy Moly!! My [...]

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Something about cold weather makes me want to hibernate and eat scalding hot soup, which is what I am doing right now.  Our menu consists of something like this: Chile Pork Stew, Broccoli Soup, Chili, Baked Potato Soup and Tomato Soup.  We’re trying to warm up from the inside out, but running out of bowls.
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Imagine a big ol’ pot of veggie soup in this beautiful shiny stockpot, warm and tasty and ready to eat.  You’re still going strong on that healthy eating resolution , right?  Way to go!
This pot sports a mirrored finish – you can make kissy lips at yourself while you’re cooking – stainless steel, solid riveted [...]

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