Until recently, consommes were relegated to sickroom fare, the kind of thing your maiden aunt might sip sitting in her rocker when her liver was acting up. Then a funny thing happened: Chefs began to ...

Hearty Shellfish soup, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Photo by Hillary Levin A recent cold snap had our food writer thinking once again of cooking up several batches of that most wintery of dishes, soup.

Admittedly, the shellfish soup recipe is a little complicated, so for my next soup, I made what has to be the world’s easiest soup. Honestly, I do not understand how something that takes so little ...

Winter, even a mild one, heats up the yearnings for soul-sustaining, one-bowl meals, a way of eating that is ladled out of some collective, human pot. Part soup and part stew, the steaming cauldron, ...

1. Peel the shrimp and place shells in a large pot along with the chicken stock. Heat to a simmer and cook 10 minutes. Strain and reserve the stock; discard the shells. Meanwhile, chop the shrimp into ...