A Week of Soup Weather

The dispiriting weather forecast--below, via Google.

Friggin' cold and friggin' rainy. On days like these, there is but one sure pick-me-up: soup.

In a typically magnificent essay her classic How to Cook a Wolf, the food writer M.F.K. Fisher made an inarguable case that, if you can make tea, it's silly not to try and make soup.

The natural progression from boiling water to boiling water with something in it can hardly be avoided, and in most cases is heartily to be wished for. As a steady diet, plain water is inclined to make thin fare, and even saints, of whom there are an unexpected number these days, will gladly agree that a few herbs and a carrot or two and maybe a meager bit of bone on feast-days can mightily improve the somewhat monotonous flavor of the hot liquid.

Soup, in other words, is good.

Here are some soup ideas:

Local bloggers
Potato-Leek Soup [Seattlest Rachael]
Black Lentil Soup [Orangette]
Gluten-Free Chicken Noodle Soup [Gluten-Free Girl]

Local celebrity cooks
Creamy Roasted Parsnip Soup with Chevre & Walnut Crostini [Kathy Casey, Seattle P-I]
Creamy Tomato Soup with Buttery Croutons [Tom Douglas, Food & Wine]
Bread Soup (Zuppa di Pane) [Mario Batali, Good Morning America (scroll down)]