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15-Minute Creamy Tomato Soup (Vegan)

Canned tomato soup is all fine and good in my mind, but when I actually taste it these days, the nostalgia disappears in a puff of high fructose corn syrup-scented smoke. Cloyingly sweet and one dimensional, it's a tough dish to swallow. The good news: Making excellent tomato soup from scratch at home is almost as easy as simply opening a can, and the return on your minor time investment is significant.

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Dinner Tonight: Butternut Squash and Pasta Soup

The hardest part about this one-pot dinner is probably peeling the butternut squash (unless I'm the only one that finds this a pain). Otherwise, the rest of the time is spent chucking things in a pot and waiting. Yet the end result is a legitimate meal, which is warming and satisfying.

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Vegan: Coconut Lentil Soup with Cilantro-Habañero Gremolata

If you asked me where this recipe came from, I really couldn't tell you. It starts with a traditional French mirepoix base of onions, carrots, and celery cooked down in extra virgin olive oil, but then gets a bare hint of flavors with a curry bent—ginger, garlic, hot chili, a touch of coriander and cumin and a jar of coconut milk. Brown lentils form the base, and it's important to cook them until they're soft—I mean really soft. Soft enough that they melt into the soup on their own.

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Mixed Review: Crate & Barrel's Butternut Squash & Apple Soup

A hearty, creamy bowl of soup makes a great cold weather meal. This mix--made entirely of freeze-dried and powdered ingredients--promised to be a "rich fall harvest blend of squash, apple and pumpkin with a touch of brown sugar." Could it pack any real vegetable flavor without any fresh vegetables?

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Snapshots from Malaysia: How to Make Curry Laksa (Nyonya Laksa)

The noodle soup laksa is one of Malaysia's iconic dishes, which takes many names and even more forms. But today, we're talking curry laksa, its broth rich with coconut milk, topped with prawns and egg and spicy sambal. Come see how it's made, step by step!

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Seriously Asian: Anchovy Stock

Anchovy stock is the Korean counterpart to Japanese dashi. Instead of bonito flakes, anchovies are used as the base for a fish stock that is every bit as savory and packed with umami, only even fishier in flavor given the nature of anchovies.

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Nasty Bits: Pig Snout

A pig snout, a pound of dried split green peas, and a pot of water practically make themselves into soup on a cold winter's night.

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The Crisper Whisperer: 5 Principles of Vegetable Stock (and Why You Should Care)

Homemade vegetable stock is a happy medium between the more laborious and expensive homemade poultry stock and its boxed counterpart. It's also a great way to use up your vegetable scraps and slightly past-peak produce. These five principles will yield great results without a recipe.

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Street Food Profiles: Savor Soup House in Portland, Oregon

It's time for another street food profile. This time we meet Savor Soup House in Portland, Oregon. Ever heard of soup flights? They have them, in addition to a grilled cheese bar and a fresh lemonade du week, like pineapple ginger with habanero.

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Austin, Texas: Birria (Goat Meat) at El Borrego de Oro

Birrierias are Mexican taquerias that specialize in birria (goat meat). Until I moved to Austin, I had never been to one. But as soon as I arrived and started poking around, I heard about a little hole-in-the-wall called El Borrego de Oro ("The Lamb of Gold") that apparently served the best birria in town. With an extensive menu of traditional taqueria fare, El Borrego doesn't qualify as a true birrieria, but the goat tacos stand up to anything you'll find in the state of Texas.

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