“Heather, what is your favorite soup?” As the Co-Founder of WhatsTheSoup, I am often asked this question and without hesitation I can answer, “Celeste’s Tortellini in Brodo.” This simple recipe consisting of puffed pillows of fresh tortellini and steaming broth, evokes the fondest of childhood memories. And behind every great bowl of soup is a story. 

This is the vegetarian split pea soup for those of us who remember with longing those bowls of thick, ham bone-flavored soup that our grandmothers used to make. Here, mushrooms add texture and the miso gives a rich flavor, yet the soup’s virtually fat-free! We’ve made this soup with several types of dried mushrooms.

"Soup is an amazing food - happiness-inducing liquid warmth in a bowl which comforts, nourishes and sustains." From the heart of Scotland's Edinburgh Center sits the Union of Genius, a popular new soup café' that is rumored to have some of the finest soup in Scotland.

Upon entering the Kingfish Café, tucked away in the south end of Seattle’s Capital Hill neighborhood, you inevitably will be welcomed at the door by the beautiful wide smile from either Laurel or Leslie Coaston (see below).

I wish I could get in on the squash lovefest that's happening right now but for whatever reason, squash is one of things that's just "meh" to me.  I mean if it's on the plate I'll eat it but I won't jump out of my seat about it.  This is a rather frustrating concept to me because I really want to like it.

Good news for residents of the U.K. worried about the coming winter weather. "This year's winter is not going to be nearly as cold or snowy as last year," AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alan Reppert said. Still, it's time to pull out your scarves and winter coats. Reppert is forecasting that the coldest air of the season will blow into the United Kingdom in November and early December. By mid-December, Londoners will get a break from the cold that they experienced last year.  www.accuweather.com

I had the opportunity recently to try several flavors of New England Country Soup.  The Cambridge based company offers a selection of popular soup flavors in ready to heat pouches that are shelf-stable.

Talking to Steve Johnson, the gentle and clever chef at stylish-but-casual Rendezvous in Central Square, Cambridge, I’m impressed by his devotion to community, to local sourcing, and to good old-fashioned home economics.

We have had a little burst of Indian Summer here in London and this means that it is time to put off making green tomato chutney as there is just the outside chance that a few more tomatoes will ripen before the frost sets in.  With that in mind, here is a recipe for roast tomato and split pea soup, made with the very last of the summer’s tomatoes.