Soup fills the gap

I AM fortunate enough to live beside a great community garden, and every so often, when we have an overabundance of vegetables, we get together and make a tasty pot of soup for everyone to share.

Soup is the ultimate comfort food and it seems like a lot of us could do with a little bit of comforting right now. Soup is warm and honest to goodness food that will cheer up a dull day.

You need to take time to savour a soup — it forces you to relax and enjoy the hot spoonfuls — otherwise you will end up with a nasty burn.