Are you one of those people who can't walk past the bargain rack at a bookstore without taking pity on the poor overstocks and remainders and slightly hurt volumes? I am, and I'm so glad. On my last trip to our local Barnes & Noble, I snagged this Penguin Books edition of Soup Bible, compiled by the editors at Penguin and published exclusively for B&N.
I didn't seek out A Beautiful Bowl of Soup for the usual reasons one buys a cookbook (great recipes, mouth-watering photos, new ideas), though it turns out that this book has all of those attributes, and more. No, I found it by accident while perusing the Chronicle Books web site, looking for holiday gifts. I'm easily distracted by cookbooks, especially soup cookbooks, and a collection of vegetarian and vegan recipes that could expand my own repertoire intrigued me.
In my kitchen, one long wall displays a collection of food-related art painted by friends. I believe there's a direct connection between food and art, and between food and artists (beyond the fact that many starving artists work in restaurants). Nava Atlas, prolific author of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks including Vegetarian Soups for All Seasons, also makes art, in and out of the kitchen.
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