How does it look? Maybe this doesn’t fit with your image of chicken soup, but I’ve learned that there is no one real chicken soup (or any soup for that matter.)

Some days, there are potatoes in the soup (not today). Somedays there are beans (like today). Soup is something comforting and simple, yes, simple to make. Along with bread, eggs and salads, soup is one of those foods everyone should know how to make. Why? Because they are dead simple and they can be varied in countless ways.

Making a soup is similar to painting on a canvas (not that I do any painting). Every time you make soup you start with a fresh, blank canvas. You can decide what to put inside. There is no wrong choice. One carrot? Three carrots? No carrots? All options are possible, none of them are wrong. Try. Cook. Eat. Enjoy.

Soup.