Soup

I have a cold that has lingered for far too long.

from Dame Dearlove’s Ditties, 1805

I need soup!
 In 1991 I took a children’s book illustration class from Keith Baker. He told us to take other people’s vegetables, but make our own soup.

Yury Vasnetsov Turnip

Good advice! The Russian illustrator Yuri Vasnetsov makes a heady broth, rich in vegetables. I’ll have a sip of that.

Yuri Vasnetsov Magpie

The colors are nourishing in Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert.

Lois Ehlert: Growing Vegetable Soup

Marcia Brown suggests getting the community to help cook. This lesson has stayed with me since preschool, although the story of Stone Soup seems different when I read it now. I had remembered the soup but not the soldiers.

Alice and Martin Provensen are serving a meal to the King of Cats at William Blake’s Inn. Who knows what kind of soup is in the tureen? The drawing contains vitamin E (elegance) and vitamin C (charm).

Mulready’s (1809) offerings in Grimalkin’s Feast might appeal more to cats than to humans.
Eat up!

Old Mother Hubbard -1889

When it comes to soup, as when it comes to anything, Sendak says it all.

I hope my cold is soon gone and that you all are enjoying a good, soupy winter. Bone appetit!

Paschkis papercut