adle & pot

lessons from Dane Kuttler

Soup For My Family

Soup class began in the first true winter of the pandemic, when many people were still hunkered down and hungry for community and connection. We gathered online, each in our own little box, with a pile of ingredients and three pots apiece. I, the teacher, don't cook on camera; instead, I scrutinize those little boxes, calling out instructions and offering advice.

Soup class consists of two soups we all make together, and one soup that is just your own - the pantry soup, born of what you ' ve got and what you ' re craving. Or you don't make one. You sit back and watch the others cook and drink your tea and exist in the bustle of others cooking.

The regulars of soup class live across mountains, oceans and time zones. We will never " go back in person" because we have always gathered like this, in little windows to our own cozy kitchens. What follows in this book is a small piece of what we do.