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- ISBN 9780008757908
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 195 x 252mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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For every season, every taste and every mood – this is soup in all its soulful, generous, globally inspired glory.
From the first bubbling pots to the most inventive modern bowls, soup has always been about comfort, community and creativity.
This book celebrates the past, present and future of our favourite soups and stews, drawing on traditions from Iran to Iceland, the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, and everywhere in between. Nourishing, affordable and endlessly adaptable, soup has fed families, forged friendships and inspired recipe-swapping across generations.
Inside you’ll find chilled soups for hot days and deep, slow stews for dark evenings; light broths, vegetable stocks, fish flavours, meat-rich classics and even dessert soups.
Expect nostalgia and invention in equal measure: gazpacho and matzo balls, chowders and callaloo, pea and ham, fake shark’s fin and finishing touches that turn a good bowl into a great one.
Sally Butcher is the fiery-haired proprietress of the notable Persian food store Persepolis in Peckham, London, which she runs with her Persian husband, Jamshid. She is a bestselling author and avid blogger, who has amassed a devoted online following for her food-, shop- and Peckham-related musings. The foodie delights of the Middle East are her specialist subject, but she has been known to venture far and wide for inspiration. Her first book, Persia in Peckham, was published to critical acclaim and short-listed for the 2008 André Simon Award. It was also selected by the Sunday Times as their cookery book of the year. Her following tomes, Persepolis, Veggiestan, Snackistan and Veganistan, published by Pavilion, have also received critical acclaim.
