The best recipes from Maine's acclaimed food writer, these are mouth-watering renditions of classics like clam chowder, lobster stew as well as broccoli chowder and crabmeat stew. Simple and simply delicious!

Steaming tureens of savory aromatic broths conjure up memories of leaf-swept autumn days and cold winter nights. A time-honored prescription for a cold or the flu, soups have long soothed and nourished both body and spirit. After all, there's nothing more heartwarming and comforting on a chilly evening than a hot bowl of homemade soup. "Soup Classics from Custom Catering" is a road map back to the days of delicious, made-from-scratch soups. With more than fifty recipes, you're guaranteed to find the ideal soup for any occasion or event, big or small. Joan Gavagan combines wholesome ingredients and delectable spices to create timeless flavors sure to please even the most finicky eater. Her mouth-watering recipes include: Classic Minestrone Rocky and Barb's Italian Clam Chowder Rudy's Delight Frank's Cream of Peanut Italian Meatball And many more This cookbook lovingly shows the simple joy of sharing home-made soup with friends and family.

Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread has brought recipes of delightful sustenance to experienced cooks and novices alike since its original publication thirty years ago. Rejoicing in soups like wicked Gumbo Zeb, Cuban Black Bean Soup, Pumpkin-Tomato Bisque, and Greek Lentil Soup with Spinach and Lemon (the Washington Post's 2020 recipe of the year), this beloved cookbook-born of a legendary country inn in Eureka Springs, Arkansas-joins delicious soups with wonderful, deeply comforting breads like Dairy Hollow House Skillet Sizzled Buttermilk Cornbread and Raisin-Pumpernickel Bread with a Secret.Infused with hospitality, and brimming with good humor, generosity, and a deeply respectful sense of place, Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread invites readers to create a storied table, at home in their kitchens yet as big as the world.

Designed for those with busy lives and exacting standards in the kitchen, these budget cookery books make no compromise, offering variety of choice, delicious and proven recipes with serving suggestions and brilliant design and photography, 24 titles coming in 2010 and a further 24 by spring 2011.