Takeout-Style Hot-and-Sour Soup. (Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post) To say my taste in food growing up leaned mild over spicy would be an understatement. Case in point: our regular trips ...

Hot and sour is what we hanker for when we’re chilled and worn — or when we’ve eaten 8 kinds of potatoes in a week — but it rarely lives up to its name. Let’s blame the cornstarch. Restaurants and ...

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a food writer and cookbook author with a passion for vegetables. She's the author of six vegetarian cookbooks, and won the James Beard Award for Vegetable-Focused cooking in 2024 ...

Looking for something to warm you up? These simple soups are great when you want something homemade without spending all ...

I have long made it a mission of my life to seek the world’s rarefied culinary experiences. Very few, though, have been as stupefyingly profound as the first time I ate Hot and Sour soup while stoned.

This classic Thai soup, known in Thailand as dtom jiw gai, could well earn a place as your favorite comfort food at this time of year. In this case, it also earns points for being comfortingly fast to ...

Dear Pat: Although everything on the menu at Sarika's Thai Restaurant is fresh and wonderful, my lunch buddy and I absolutely love her hot and sour soup. We've tried it everywhere in town, but ...

Hot-and-sour soup is a Chinese takeout staple, but one that’s especially easy and tasty when made at home. Recipe notes: This soup can be made vegetarian by replacing the pork with more tofu. If you ...