Soup & Bread 1/16/13: Our Neighbors to the North
When we cooked up the themes for the 2013 soup season (on a napkin, over cocktails and pork buns at Graze in Madison), we were aiming for a list of ideas/prompts that could be both focused enough to...
View ArticleYellow Split Pea Soup
From Jill Barron/Mana Food Bar The archetypal comfort food of the Quebecois, this simple, spicy pea soup was a staple food of Canada’s early French settlers and later became ubiquitous as army rations...
View ArticleSoup & Bread 2014 starts January 8
We’re back! And baby it’s cold outside. Soup & Bread 2014 kicks off Wednesday, January 8, at 5:30 pm at the Hideout. As we did last year, we’re giving each night a theme — and our inaugural night...
View ArticleLove is Soup & Bread
Join us February 7 when the Hideout takes over Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art for a night of love, madness, and soup. Titled “Love is Love” the whole shebang is part of the MCA’s monthly “First...
View ArticleSoup & Bread wraps, with pie
It’s that time of year. The sun is … out? The daffodils are … threatening an appearance. And Soup & Bread is winding down for the winter. We’ve got just two weeks left before the crock pots go...
View ArticleSoup & Bread 2015 is ON
It was -1 last night, with a wind chill of -1,000 — but inside the Hideout all was warm. We had a really nice turnout for the first night of Soup & Bread 2015, with hearty, tasty soups from Carol...
View ArticleA gentle reminder from Soup & Bread
Don’t forget that Soup & Bread 2016 starts January 6 at the Hideout – our eighth season! The schedule for cooks is filling up but there are still plenty of spots left. If you’d like to be on the...
View ArticleSoup & Bread 2016: It begins
Soup & Bread returns for its eighth year at the Hideout! Join us January 6 (and every Wednesday for the next 13 weeks) for soups from some of Chicago’s best home cooks, and some fancy...
View ArticleSpicy Black Bean Soup With Sweet Crema
Our first recipe of 2016! From Jill Barron, of Mana Food Bar. Of course I didn’t get a photo … save for this one. The black bean soup is in the covered crock at the top. You’ll have to just use your...
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