The Country Soups Cookbook offers an incredible collection of recipes that will please any palate, from old-fashioned favorites like Chicken and Homemade Noodle Soup to updated classics like Tomato-Basil Crab Bisque. Hearty and satisfying, these soups, chilis, chowders, and gumbos are comfort food at its best. Anyone who says soup can’t be a meal hasn’t tried these recipes.

Chapters include Beef & Pork, Chicken & Poultry, Vegetables & Grains, Beans & Legumes, Bisques & Chowders, and Chilis & Gumbos. The book is spiral-bound and lies flat when open so you never lose your place while cooking, and beautiful color pictures accompany most of the recipes. You will want to try these tasty soups:

• Veggie Beef Skillet Soup
• Creamy Chicken and Brown Rice Soup
• Zucchini Soup with Herbed Cream
• Pumpkin Soup with Crumbled Bacon and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
• Country Sausage and Bean Soup
• Sweet Potato Bisque