Soups and One-Pot Meals: The 100 Best Recipes from Around the World - Tapa dura

Because it is delicious and nutritious and of infinite variety, soup has become tremendously popular with enthusiasts of food for body and soul. So there is much to rejoice in the fact that Christian Teubner- famous for the series of cookbook bibles like the award winning Pasta Bible and Chocolate Bible - has put together this stunning collection of the 100 best recipes for soups and one pot meals gathered from 31 countries around the world.

All this is made even more tempting by the 350 enticing color photographs by Christian Teubner, who has also provided explicit instructions together with a number of step-by-step illustrations. Success is assured for those using this splendid cookbook--even those who may have had little interest in soup will soon find they have become enthusiasts.

The recipes from around the world are one of the features that make this book truly stand out. The book is complete with bisques and broths from France, sopas from Spain, fish soup recipes from Portugal and Norway, Minestrone and Onion soup from Italy, along with mouthwatering American favorites like Clam Chowder and Jambalaya.

Christian Teubner, who is the publisher and photographer for this book, trained as a chef and later became a master pastry chef. His interest in photography developed with his interest in food, and he has become renowned for his still lifes of ingredients and kitchen equipment as well as for his photographs of step-by-step procedures and finished dishes.

Mr. Teubner's Pasta Bible won a James Beard Award, and his Chocolate Bible won a Julia Child Cookbook Award.