For those of you who love cooking soup, I wanted to let you know about an upcoming massive cookbook with hundreds of recipes for soups and stews. It’s “The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews: Over 300 Hearty Recipes for Every Season.” It’s by The Coastal Kitchen, published by Cider Mill Press. This new cookbook will hit store shelves on November 11, 2025.
The Coastal Kitchen cookbooks are always jam packed full of approachable, useful recipes. I’m so delighted they have come out with this massive reference cookbook for cooks who make a lot of soups. I feel that this new cookbook will be especially useful
Thank you to NetGalley for gifting me an advance copy of this cookbook.
Chapters include:
- Pasta, Noodles & Dumplings
- Vegetables
- Legumes, Nuts & Grains
- Beef, Lamb & Mutton
- Poultry
- Pork
- Seafood
- Chilled & Dessert Soups
- Stocks
I almost feel like Stocks should have been at the beginning of the book, to lay the foundation for the soups and stews to come. That way the home cook doesn’t have to flip back and forth. However, I’m sure the cookbook designer knew what they were doing.
The introduction gives handy tips on storing, and reheating soups.
Because this cookbook is so comprehensive, there understandably cannot be a photo for every recipe. Each recipe presents information at the top, including servings, active time and total time.
I’m delighted to see soups from many traditions represented here: Avgolemono soup from Greek traditions; Vietnamese Pho; Italian Polpette di Ricotta en Brodo; an Asian soup with five spice, chicken and ramen; Finnish Salmon Soup; and Chinese style Pork and Crab Wonton Soup.
I’m personally most curious to try making vegetarian soups such as Portobello Mushroom Ravioli in Beet Soup; Vegetarian Ramen; Corn and Plantain Soup; Tunisian Butternut Squash Soup, and Purple Cauliflower Soup.
Some of the more unusual soups here are Elk Soup with Gnocchi; Apple andé Rutabaga Soup; Basil Vichyssoisse, Fiddlehead Fern Soup, Celeriac & Truffle Soup, Parsnip & Pear Soup; Saffron & Sunchoke Soup; Guinea Hen & Roasted Grape Stew; Sauerkraut & Chorizo Soup; and Preserved Lime & Duck Leg Soup.
The Seafood soup section has many different chowder recipes from regions all over the world (and quite a few American regional styles).
I’m not personally a fan of chilled soups and can’t imagine soup as a dessert, but let’s quickly walk through the chilled dessert soups chapter. I see recipes for Sparkling Rhubarb Soup; Coconut & Tapioca Soup; White Chocolate Soup; Strawberry Consommé, Garlic & Pine Nut Soup (great for summer, I suppose, as it’s chilled) and Sour Cherry Soup. Interesting!
All in all, this cookbook is a comprehensive and important resource for soups and stews. I’m definitely planning to buy it and give it a place of honor in my kitchen this autumn and winter. It’s going to take a lot of guesswork out of meal planning. Most of the recipes within seem to cater to servings for a family of four; I love having leftovers, so plan to double the recipes. I’ll definitely prioritize soup recipes that tend to freeze well, so I have soup on hand for nights when we’re sick, extra tired or have had long workdays.
I definitely recommend adding “The Encyclopedia of Soups & Stews” to your cookbook arsenal.
Shop for “The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews” on Amazon (affiliate link).
-Carrie
Cookbook Divas
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