Milwaukee Faves: Tables at Soup Brothers

This small place hidden on Florida Street in the Fifth Ward only has about 4 tables, but it's what's on the tables that make a huge impact. Small trinkets, toys like a dump truck carrying cinnamon sticks, original oil paintings, small bottle brush christmas trees, and other clutter make eating hot fresh homemade soup a visual and comforting experience, like eating in grandma's attic. Every time I go, I see something new. I also find myself eating slower, looking around more and keeping my eyes occupied as I savor every bite of soup. The other day I had the cheddar and bermuda onion soup, but the menu of four or five soups changes daily. They also serve great sandwiches, cookies, and Jarritos soda.



Soup Brothers
Location: 209 W. Florida St. in Walker's Point (5th ward)
Hours: sometimes vary, Open 11am - 4pm
Heads Up: bring cash, the wait may be long, the owner might be related to the 'soup nazi'

Curry Cauliflower Soup

I stopped by Alterra on Humboldt for a late lunch today and had the most amazing soup, Curry Cauliflower. I think Alterra needs to make a cookbook.

While I'm waiting for that, I'll maybe try one of these Curry Cauliflower Soup recipes:

- Curry Cauliflower Soup via Whole Foods Market

- Curried Cauliflower Soup via bon appetit

- Cauliflower Bisque via New York Times

- Curried Cauliflower Soup via Martha Stewart

I ate my soup too fast to photograph it, so here's a photo from flickr.

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In the Kitchen: Butternut and Leek Soup

Last night I made this Butternut and Leek Soup from a recipe I found in Food and Wine Magazine. Sometimes squash soups come out real watery or bland but this one was very good. And plenty left over for lunch this week.
Here's the RECIPE

I'm usually on the go and have found that soups are the easiest way for me to pack in nutrient rich foods into my diet. Here's the nutritional data for Butternut Squash. I also toast up a batch of walnuts for the week and I've been putting them on top of this soup...mmmm.

Picture above is from a very similar RECIPE from Real Simple magazine.