Soup Stories

We’ve all heard that having soup while your sick can help you feel better. Growing up, whenever i was sick my mom would make me her famous…

When I was younger I hated soup. I never finished dinner when it was soup. For some reason I never enjoyed broth and to this day when I eat…

Through 10 years of dating, ramen emerges as a go-to comfort food for a couple in love.

It’s pretty simple to make, but it’s definitely not good for you. As with anything you cook, it takes patience and precision. You chop the…

I am a huge fan of soup. I often find myself craving soup on the coldest of days to warm me up. But there is one soup that holds a special…

It’s a cold, wet afternoon in gloomy Ohio. My mama (Midwest for grandma: pronounced maam-aw) insists on making me my favorite meal at her…

My favorite soup is tortilla soup. More specifically, I absolutely love my mom’s homemade chicken tortilla soup. The restaurants simply do…

When I used to live in New York, it was extremely cold during the winter months. I remember being huddled up by the fireplace some evenings…

It’s a chilly evening in Southern California and dinner is on the horizon. My mom asks me what I want to eat. The only thing that pops in…

Picking a favorite soup is not a simple task. Not only may your cravings change day-to- day but the weather may impact what soup one is in…

For years, I detested soup. I thought soup was boring and bland. I didn’t truly like soup until I worked at Olive Garden for more than a…

My favorite soup is my grandma’s split pea soup. For as long as I can remember my grandma, mama as we call her, has been making homemade…

The spices, consistency, flavors and most importantly the love — are what makes these soups tied for my favorites.

My favorite soup is clam chowder.

My favorite soup is albondigas because it reminds me of home.

My favorite soup is gumbo soup at Blue Bayou Restaurant. Its rich, buttery flavors blend well with the spices woven throughout. Soft notes…

It is often said that comfort food awards a fulfillment of nostalgia and sentimental value. In my case, the simplicity of a chicken noodle…

Creamy potato soup is the best. If you want to challenge me on that, however, I might succumb to your argument. While it’s hard to resist…

My favorite soup is actually a stew. Pozolé. It’s the most wonderful stew out there because it can take many different forms. It can be…

Broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl from Panera is one of my favorite soups. I don’t often eat soups but this is one I do enjoy when I…

Though I have no cultural or ethnic relationship with it, the more I think, I slowly begin to realize my favorite soup is the brothy…

Every once in a while I do this three day cleanse. Every once in a while meaning… after a weekend full of drinking and pigging out on the…

I love soup. Soup is probably one of my favorite meals. I can eat it in every type of weather and in every season but one type of soup…

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When you think of gourmet you may not think of food trucks, but that is definitely not the case when it comes to the cuisine that can be…

Every Friday afternoon, ASU’s Downtown Campus is full of different food trucks. To some, like senior Nikole Tower, the main draw is the…

On November 2, I headed over to downtown Phoenix’s Civic Space Park for the weekly Food Truck Friday event. The trucks serve customers …

Every Friday, Downtown Phoenix students, workers and visitors congregate near Civic Space Park, across from the YMCA, to eat.

Civic Park in Phoenix holds a weekly Food Truck Friday. Whether you teach or attend the Walter Cronkite School, work at the Westward Ho…

On Friday, November 2, I went down to Civic Park and interviewed two people who worked at different food trucks (Lenny: Que Sazon, Thomas…

To be frank, my favorite soup doesn’t exist… in the traditional sense. However, if you’re willing to stretch your imagination, then there…

Whenever I smell the warm aroma of chicken and matzah balls, I feel an immediate sense of comfort. I’m taken back to my early years of…