Great thread !! We are doing a soup/bread dinner every Thursday night for 14 weeks at our church. It has been great and the funds we collect from the public have gone to our local food bank. We have all loved exchanging tastings and recipes. I am going to see about doing an exchange as you have done and we can all take home someone else's leftovers after our dinners . Glad you had a great time...next time take more pics ! c

here is the link to the woman that gave us the idea for our soup /bread

Here is a link that might be useful: soup and bread

Great idea. We are making chicken broth today in our five gallon pot...there are three whole chickens, two chicken carcasses, celery, onion, carrots, garlic, ginger, bay leaves and parsely in that pot. The house smells divine.

Trailrunner, I'd love to hear more about your soup and bread dinners. Is the idea in the book, the 1st or 2nd? I'll try to the get books at our library. We are also thinking of a soup swap at church. Maybe asking for everyone to donate one of their quarts, that could be given to those in need, elderly, or just anyone who needs some homemade soup to lift their spirits.

Donaleen, one of the best smells is soup cooking. I think that could be a staging technique. Put a pot of soup on the stove on simmer.

I wanted to take more photos but everyone was concerned about presentation. Next time I'll just snap away.