Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread

James Beard Award-winner Crescent Dragonwagon is the author of many books, including Passionate Vegetarian, Bean by Bean, and The Cornbread Gospels. She ran the Dairy Hollow House Inn in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, for many years, and she now lives in Fayetteville.

Introduction: Welcome to Dairy Hollow House
Come on in, we’ve been expecting you.
Stocks—The Foundation
Before there’s great soup, there’s great stock. Some take little time, others are slow-cooking.
Chicken Stocks • Fish Stocks • Vegetable Stock
Fillips, Flourishes, and Fine Points
Those little touches that can make an ordinary soup sensational.
Before-the-Soup Fillips • After-the-Soup Fillips • Contemporary Colorations—Part Garnish, Part Zap • Delicious Dairy Dabs That Make a Difference • Delicious Low-Fat Dairy Dabs • A Few Notes on Cooking from This Book
Chicken Soups to Crow Over
A dozen favorites, from comforting to supreme-plus one fabulous duck soup for fall.
EntrÉe-Style Hearty Chicken Soups • Lighter Chicken Soups
Fine Fish Soups—From Creek and Lake
Chowders, Cioppinos, and Stews—some pure Ozark, others classics with an Arkansawyer twist. All fresh and savory.
Vegetable Soups for Market-Day
Nothing inspires soup-making more than garden-fresh vegetables brought or picked at the peak of perfection.
Artichokes • Avocados • Beets • Broccoli • Cabbage • Carrots • Celery • Fennel • Garlic • Greens • Green Beans • Mushrooms • Onions • Green Peas • Potatoes • Pumpkins • Radishes • Tomatoes • Zucchini
The Soup—The Solution to dieting
A delicious, low-fat soup with unlimited variations.
The Soup • How to Make the Soup: Basic Themes and Variations • Ethnic Themes and Variations
Hot, Hearty Bean Soups—Luscious, Lusty Legumes
Fragrant and filling, warm-you-right-up bean soups make for particularly good dining on crisp, cool, days.
Black Beans • Black-Eyed Peas • Chick-Peas (Garbanzos) • Cranberry Beans • Great Northern Beans • Kidney Beans • Lentils • Lima Beans • Navy Beans • Peas • Pinto Beans • Red Beans • Split Peas
Gumbo Zeb—History in a Bowl and More
A legendary Southern bowlful that packs a wallop.
Gumbo Zep Base • Completing the Gumbo Zeb Base
Delectable Dairy Soups from Dairy Hollow
Cream, milk, or buttermilk; yogurt or cheese. These gentle, much-loved finishes add richness and elegance to many soups.
Cream- and Milk-Based Soups • Yogurt- and Buttermilk-Based Soups • Cheese Soups
Sweet Harvest Fruit Soups
The sweetest seasonal bounty, from apples to watermelon, becomes mostly first-course soups that are sophisticated yet easy to prepare.
Bananas • Blackberries • Blueberries • Cherries • Cranberries • Melon • Oranges • Peaches and Nectarines • Strawberries
Nut Soups—From Soup to…
Rich and creamy and perfect starters for special-occasion meals.
Loaves, Muffins, and More
At Dairy Hollow House our overflowing breadbasket is filled with a wild assortment, from local Skillet-Sizzled Cornbread, the Ozark classic, to imported Scotch Baps, which followed an unusual route from Inverness to us.
Yeast Breads • Rolls • Quick Breads • Biscuits • Muffins
Salad—The Green Palette
The third in the magnificent triumvirate—original salads that add refreshing color and texture.
Composed Salads • Grain-Based Salads
Index