Seattle native Martha Bayne's Soup & Bread Cookbook (Agate Press) has its beginnings in an ongoing free weekly meal and gathering of writers, artists, home cooks, and soup fans at Chicago's Hideout Bar. Part social gathering, part fundraiser (as donations are taken for local food pantries), Soup and Bread has now inspired this book, which includes recipes, essays on culinary history, the social role of soup, and similar programs in other cities. "Beautifully written, generous and honest, the book looks at community building through lenses as various and diverse as the country has to offer. Bayne finds people of many kinds—immigrants, nuns, urban farmers, artists and activists—each using soup to bring people together and knit up what has become unraveled." – Tikkun Daily. Included in today's program is a soup and bread tasting, with recipes made from Soup & Bread Cookbook. In keeping with the spirit of its programs, we'll be accepting donations (cash/check) here today for the food bank at Capitol Hill's Jewish Family Service (www.jfsseattle.org).