This soup is comfort in a bowl. I love serving it with chunks of buttered rustic bread as an easy supper. Thick, creamy and fragrant, with the deliciously salty crunch of bacon, this unusual leek, ...

Garten demonstrated how to make her comfort food recipe during an episode of Barefoot Contessa. “This roasted potato fennel soup is one of those great soups that we used to make at Barefoot Contessa,” ...

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add fennel, onions, potato, salt and pepper and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables soften and are translucent.

Instructions: Trim and discard the bottom of the fennel bulb, remove fronds and set aside. Chop the rest of the bulb into 1-inch pieces. Slice the stems into thin wheels along with most of the fronds.

The dog days of summer are almost behind us, but the heat remains in much of the country. It’s that time of year when days can still be humid and steamy, but nights begin to cool down. Cold soup still ...

The art of making soup was a mystery to me as a child. Though my mother cooked well and often, whenever I had a bowl of soup to nurse a cold or for a quick meal, it came from a can. (Sorry to out you ...

In a medium pot over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in onions and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent and just starting to have some color, about 6 minutes. Add fennel, ...

Most people who remember Mitchell Parrish recall him as one of America’s great lyricists -- he wrote the words to Hoagy Carmichael’s “Star Dust,” one of the 20th century’s most romantic and widely ...

Sometimes a low-fat vegetable soup made with little fat or cream lacks flavor. But try sauteing the vegetables before adding them to the soup pot. You’ll wind up with a full-bodied soup--one you’d ...