Creamy New England clam chowder. Hearty beef stew. Fresh vegetarian chili. Soups, stews, and chilies are comforting meals the whole family enjoys; and to top it off, they’re inexpensive to create! This cookbook includes information and cooking tips, as well as 300 mouthwatering recipes, including: Smoked Duck and Squash Soup Ginger Beef Soup with Dumplings Creamy Asparagus Soup Sirloin and Black Bean Chili Mixed Bean Vegetarian Chili Warm Apple-Cranberry Stew Blackberry Stew with Sweet Biscuits Whether you are in the mood for a chilled fruit soup on a warm summer day or a comforting meat-and-potato stew on a cold winter night, this book has everything! No matter what the season or occasion, you will find a choice that hits the spot.

Bernard Clayton, Jr.'s, first book, "The Complete Book of Breads," won the coveted Tastemaker cookbook award and was praised by Craig Claiborne as perhaps the best book on the subject in the English language. Of Clayton's "The Complete Book of Pastry," which also received a Tastemaker award, Claiborne said: "One of the most important cookbooks of this year if not this decade." Now this highly respected author turns his attention to soups and stews. From his travels around the world, Clayton has put together an eclectic collection of 250 soup recipes and 50 stew recipes, adding to the clear instructions personal anecdotes and historical background throughout. He covers a wide range of soups, from Asparagus-and-Crab to Peach-Buttermilk. American classics such as New England Chowder, Burgoo and U.S. Senate Bean Soup share the spotlight with such international gems as Japanese "Shabu-Shabu," Nigerian Peanut Soup and Scottish Cock-a-Leekie Soup. After a thorough discussion of the many kinds of stocks, from Brown Stock to Vegetable Stock, Mr. Clayton includes, for those of us who are lazy, the pros and cons of homemade versus storebought stock, along with tricks and tips to improve the later. With recipes that are well written and easy to follow, Clayton shows that soup-making is neither time-consuming nor difficult, and in any case is well worth the effort.

Soup's on! With this new Best Recipe title, the editors of "Cook's Illustrated" left no stockpot unheated in their search for the best of the best--the best tips and techniques for building flavor, valuable information on storage and reheating, an essential cookware ingredient guide, and more than 200 recipes.

Soups Stews & Chilis is the definitive collection that includes more than 150 recipes for everything from broths, hearty soups, and stews to chowders, big batch recipes, slow-cooker dishes, pureed soups, speedy soups, chilis, and curries.If it's served in a bowl, Soups Stews & Chilis will provide you everything you need to make it foolproof. In addition to the tested until foolproof recipes, we've armed you with an essential soup, stew, and chili primer that reveals the test kitchen's best tips and techniques for building flavor, valuable information on storage and reheating, and an essential cookware guide. Make hearty beef stew with fork-tender meat, tender vegetables, and a velvety, flavorful broth. Create chicken stews with complex flavor and moist chunks of chicken. Expand your chili horizons with a whole chapter on new and flavorful variations - from all-American ground beef chili to green chile-infused White Chicken Chili.

More than 150 soup, stew and chili recipes collected from all over the United States and seventeen foreign countries.

SOUPS, STEW AND CHILI COOKBOOK If it's served in a bowl, Soups Stews & Chilis will provide you everything you need to make it foolproof. In addition to the tested until foolproof recipes, we've armed you with an essential soup, stew, and chili primer that reveals the test kitchen's best tips and techniques for building flavor, valuable information on storage and reheating, and an essential cookware guide. Make hearty beef stew with fork-tender meat, tender vegetables, and a velvety, flavorful broth. Create chicken stews with complex flavor and moist chunks of chicken. Expand your chili horizons with a whole chapter on new and flavorful variations - from all-American ground beef chili to green chile-infused White Chicken Chili.

Soups Stews & Chilis is the definitive collection that includes more than 150 recipes for everything from broths, hearty soups, and stews to chowders, big batch recipes, slow-cooker dishes, pureed soups, speedy soups, chilis, and curries.If it's served in a bowl, Soups Stews & Chilis will provide you everything you need to make it foolproof. In addition to the tested until foolproof recipes, we've armed you with an essential soup, stew, and chili primer that reveals the test kitchen's best tips and techniques for building flavor, valuable information on storage and reheating, and an essential cookware guide. Make hearty beef stew with fork-tender meat, tender vegetables, and a velvety, flavorful broth. Create chicken stews with complex flavor and moist chunks of chicken. Expand your chili horizons with a whole chapter on new and flavorful variations - from all-American ground beef chili to green chile-infused White Chicken Chili.