Lenny Karpman just released his latest book First, You Boil a Chicken: Food-lover’s Guide to the World’s Chicken Soups. In nearly 400 pages, it delivers international chicken soup and stew recipes from more than 100 countries and insights into people, their culture, climate, economies and beliefs. From Aboriginalwitjuti and bunya nut soup to Transylvanian wedding soup, from grandma’s Ashkenazi cure-all matzo-ball soup to Korean restorative ginseng – laden samgyetang, this book informs and entertains. It’s a great read for the armchair traveler, source book for the creative cook and guide for the gourmand who frequents ethnic restaurants. It is available now through Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and Booklocker.com.
Here are two reviews from Amazon: "This marvelous book takes you across the planet and shares with you, through the eyes of the author, how this magical broth is viewed and eaten in myriad cultures. You learn about the people, their styles of living, and yes...how to make many of the soups you discover within the leaves of this book. Peppered throughout are witty aphorisms from across the centuries about this golden concoction. I LOVE this book! Now... it is time to go and make myself some chicken soup." Joanna Marin
“I love this book because it shows much of the world and its peoples through their chicken soups with lots of wonderful historical anecdotes.” J. M. Hall
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