"In that intensely busy time of children and work, soup became my stalwart friend and I learned its true value. Anyone who's been there knows. You're busy, too much to do, time vanishes, the kids are relentless, and everyone is hungry all the time. Something as comforting, delicious, and practical as soup is like gold."
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Source : Anna Thomas (2009). “Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes from the Author of The Vegetarian Epicure”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company