Soup Club boo is more of a memoir than a traditional recipe book. It is filled with photographs of people who have played a part in the journey rather than photographs of the soups. The pictures of the soups are illustrated in watercolour so are not really useful in seeing what you are cooking. To be honest I would have preferred a proper recipe book with soup pictures rather than photographs of unknown people. I think it is a very personal book and don't think it is for everyone. However I do think there will be lots of people who will love the book.

A bowl of soup is far more than just sustenance to this author. It's love, friendship, hope and more. It is obvious this book was threaded together with love and care. I appreciated the Soup Club Story very much. The watercolor pictures for the food was a different and lovely touch. While photos of the actual dish are more detailed, the watercolor art was specific enough that I feel anyone can create the dish as pictured. Actually the watercolor paintings were beautifully done. The Soup Lady Wisdom was extremely helpful to me, especially the about using filtered water. Why had I not thought to try that before?! None of the recipes require you to make or use broth because as the author states, "who wants to make... a pot of soup before making another pot of soup?" Each recipe is complex in flavor but simple in instruction. I appreciated having two methods for each soup, the slower stovetop method and the quicker pressure cooker method. The only thing I would change is to add each recipe to the table of contents and maybe put both methods of the recipe together, rather than having them separated.

I received this ARC for free from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.