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Soup is comfort in a bowl: nourishing, affordable and endlessly adaptable. But it can also be fresh, fiery, fragrant, hearty and seriously inventive.
COSY CHRISTMAS GIFT: new 2026 global soup cookbook for comfort food: easy everyday homemade recipes, hearty stews, healing broths, seasonal batch cooking & cosy one-pot meals
Soup is comfort in a bowl: nourishing, affordable and endlessly adaptable. But it can also be fresh, fiery, fragrant, hearty and seriously inventive.
For every season, every taste and every mood, Simmer celebrates the world’s greatest soups and stews, from time-honoured classics to brilliant twists and unexpected discoveries.
From Iran to Iceland, the Caribbean to the Mediterranean and everywhere in between, this is soup without borders. Discover cooling bowls for hot days, slow-simmered stews for cold nights, delicate broths, creamy chowders, meaty classics, vibrant vegetable soups and even something sweet.
Expect nostalgia, surprise and plenty of flavour, ladled up in equal measure:
FRESH AND ZINGY: Bloody Mary Gazpacho, Persian ‘Matzo Ball’ Soup
CREAMY AND VIBRANT: Sweetcorn Chowder, Jamaican Callaloo
HEARTY AND HOMELY: Proper Pea and Ham, Fake Shark’s Fin Soup
SPICED AND SOUL-WARMING: Turkey Mulligatawny, Sweet Afghan Pumpkin Soup
RICH AND FRAGRANT: Sweet Potato and Apricot Tagine, Chinese Braised Beef Soup
PLUS: Clever finishing touches that turn a good bowl into a great one.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008757908
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 October 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pavilion
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 195.0mm
Height: 252.0mm
Weight: 900g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Sally Butcher runs the acclaimed Persian food store Persepolis in London.Her first book, PERSIA IN PECKHAM, was published to critical acclaim and short-listed for the 2008 Andre Simon Award. It was also selected by the UK's Sunday Times as their cookery book of the year. When Sally is not running her shop, she writes for a well-known blog-site.
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