Mother Wonderful's Chicken Soup

Early one morning, when you know your daughter is having a busy day, call her and say you're catching a cold. Ask if she can spare a few minutes to drive you to a butcher on the other side of town so you can buy a chicken with feet for soup. Everybody knows chicken soup is the best defense against germs...



Thus begins Myra Chanin's uproarious tribute to the art of making chicken soup. Flavored with a dash of mother-knows-best wisdom and thickened with equal doses of guilt and guile, Mother Wonderful's Chicken Soup is profusely illustrated with photos of Myra Chanin's actual mother, Sylvia. This book is narrated in a voice we can all recognize: "Greet the butcher as if he were your brother instead of a person who intends to sell you an inferior chicken...."