From the restorative powers of chicken soup to the warmth of a bowl of chowder on a wintry night, there is no food quite as comforting as soup. Soup, as Janet Clarkson tells us, is the first true culinary creation of humanity, and it has made a long journey from the prehistoric cave to the kitchen and restaurant table. Tracing its myriad reinventions through history and across the globe, Clarkson argues in Soup that it is the only truly universal dish every culture in the world makes soup.
