We know the dish called “Scotch broth” to be a stew-like soup based in lamb, heavy on the barley and vegetables. The earliest versions of Scotch broth, however, were beef-based soups. One of the first ...

If you read enough 19th-century novels, you’re likely to run into the description of the ever-bubbling stew pot. It’s the caldron at the ready to feed a famished family, a parade of visitors or the ...

Judy Davie, The Food Coach: Serving this traditional low kilojoule soup with a teaspoon of pesto transform it to modern cuisine and gives your body a hit of raw garlic to keep your immune system ...