Soups made with love can be a nourishing, flavorful and inexpensive way to feed your family. In this series, we will share techniques, tools, ingredients and tips learned through years of cooking for family and friends. You'll learn techniques about preparing ingredients, bringing them all together and tips on storage and serving. A focus of the workshops will be the use of affordable and locally available ingredients, and adapting recipes to a variety of tastes and dietary requirements. Handouts, recipes and a small container of soup for your family to try will be provided. Bring containers if you have any on hand. Blended soups are a great way to use a variety of vegetables you have on hand. In this workshop, we'll prepare potato leek soup and try a few others. We'll share lots of ideas about ingredient options to make soups creamy, and about herbs and spices that will create a rich flavor to have your family coming back for more. This is an in-person class. Annie has always loved to cook for family and friends. She started cooking when she was seven and was a keen observer of all the cooks in her family and beyond. She's worked in kitchens and also spent most of her childhood and early adulthood in western and eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Asia, so her palate is broad. She shares her love of cooking with family and friends through the preparation of food full of flavor. One of her priorities when she's cooking is to create a meal that accommodates all dietary requirements--a meal that everyone can enjoy! Note: This class is available at no cost to accommodate shoppers at Loaves & Fishes. If you are able to make a donation to the pantry, please bring cash or check or go online to at www.loavesandfishesellsworth.org to donate. Suggested donation is $20 but any amount is welcome. No pressure.