Soup's On!!

I don't know about you, but I'm certainly not a lover of winter. Sure some of the sweaters can be super cozy, and the whole boot thing is a fun way to mix things up, a few sartorial happy additions does not a lover of winter make. Even if your idea of winter would only rate on some people's radar as tropical (I speak of the Florida winters that make people from Minnesota smirk). Well, you try living down here for awhile and see what happens to your cold tolerance. I guarantee you, sixty degrees will become as welcome as the Abominable Snowman. 
But. I digress....
Even the bitter cold of winter can have a few silver linings, and it's definitely the prefect excuse to break out the bread maker and Dutch oven. And here, thanks to the wonderful publishers at Robert Rose, are two fantastic cookbooks that will help keep the winter blahs away...For a little while, at least...


300 Best Soup Recipes
This fabulous book delivers with hundreds of recipes that will make even Seinfeld's Soup Nazi look like an amateur. Whether you're preparing dinner for your family on a busy school night or an elegant dish for entertaining guests, you'll have the perfect solution for making use of that soup spoon. And this comprehensive book has more than the soups you grew up loving...they've even got DESSERT SOUPS! Didn't see that one coming, did ya? By Carla Snyder & Meredith Deeds (Visit http://www.robertrose.ca/)


300 Best Bread Machine Recipes
Trick out your bread machine and make it one of the most valued small appliances in your kitchen...this book features all the information you need about baking bread using older and newer bread machine models. There are a great variety of both traditional and innovative recipes––including low-fat, international, sweet, savory, and even gluten-free recipes. These are breads taken to a whole new level! They've got cake recipes, pretzels, and bagels...Heck, they've even got some pasta recipes for making the machine pull double-duty! By Donna Washburn & Heather Butt (Visit http://www.robertrose.ca/)