Throughout history and around the world, soup has been used to bring comfort, warmth, and good health. A bowl of soup can symbolize so muchcelebrations, major life passages, and the everyday. Inspired by Patricia Solleys website, SoupSong.com, and organized according to functionsoups to heal the sick, recover from childbirth, soothe a hangover, entice the object of your affection, and mark special occasions and holidaysAn Exaltation of Soups showcases more than a hundred of the best soup recipes of all time, including: Festive Wedding Soup with Meatballs from Italy Egyptian Fava Bean Soup, made to give strength to convalescents Creamy Fennel Soup with Shallots and Orange Spice from Cataloniaperfect for wooing a lover Hungarian Night Owl Soup, designed to chase a hangover Spicy Pumpkin and Split Pea Soup from Morocco, served to celebrate Rosh Hashanah Tanzanian Creamy Coconut-Banana Soup for KwanzaaSpiced with soup riddles, soup proverbs, soup poetry, and informative sidebars about the lore and legends of soup through the ages, An Exaltation of Soups is a steaming bowl of goodness that is sure to satisfy.From the Trade Paperback edition.