Stocks: the foundation -- Beef stock -- Chicken stock, turkey stock -- Corncob stock -- Court bouillon -- Fish stock -- Mushroom stock -- Shrimp stock -- Vegetable stock -- Smoked pork or turkey stock -- Clear broth-based soups -- Roasted chicken broth -- Grandma's Jewish chicken soup with kreplach -- Sichuan hot and sour soup with duck, watercress, and tofu -- Tom kha gai (thai chicken coconut soup) -- Pennsylvania Dutch chicken corn soup with rivels -- South Indian tomato-tamarind rasam -- Roman stracciatella (egg and cheese drop soup) -- Fish and seafood soup/stews -- Billi bi -- Cacciucco Livornese -- Caribbean callalou soup -- Provencal soupe de poisson with rouille -- Potages, purees, and creamy bisques -- Corn cream soup with summer vegetables -- Senegalese peanut and yam soup with ginger (vegan) -- Tomato bisque with basil and fennel -- Italian chestnut soup with fennel and marsala -- Hungarian woodlands mushroom soup: gombaleves (vegetarian) -- Lobster bisque with cognac -- Panades -- Zuppa pavese -- French onion soup -- French soupe de potiron (red pumpkin soup) -- Pappa al pomodoro -- Acquacotta maremmana -- Bean soups -- Ceci e tria (pugliese chickpea and semolina noodle soup) -- Charleston black bean puree with madeira and lemon -- Greek lentil soup (faki) -- Turkish red lentil soup (mercimek corbasi) -- Pasta e fagioli -- Hearty soups -- Creole gumbo z'herbes -- Vietnamese pho soup with beef brisket -- Portuguese caldo verde -- Mexican sopa de tortilla with shredded chicken -- Rumanian beet-vegetable borscht with beef brisket -- Chowders -- Scallop and white corn chowder with roasted poblano chiles -- Alaska wild salmon chowder with bacon, leeks, and dill -- New England-style clam chowder -- Pennsylvannia Dutch bacon, corn, and potato chowder -- Chilled soups -- Chilled apricot soup with star anise -- Chilled melon, yogurt, and ginger soup -- Golden tomato gazpacho with smoked paprika -- Green gazpacho with garlic, grapes, and almonds -- Chilled green pea and snow pea soup with mint.