Victor Sack wrote:
> Smogthemog > wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a good all round simple soup book for me to buy
>> for my brother for Xmas. Nothing too fancy just simple to make
>> soups.
>
> _Twelve Months of Monastery Soups_ by Brother Victor-Antoine
> d'Avila-Latourette. Highly recommended. I've posted a few recipes
> from
> the book in recent years - look them up to see if you like them.
>
> Victor

I love the Monastery cookbook! (Cyndi Hackett sent it to me.) There's also
one by Bernard Clayton, Jr. called 'The Complete Book of Soups and Stews'.

Jill