I’m loving these cookbooks right now and thought I’d share.  They’re not at all alike, yet they share a similar hunger for delicious food.

The first is Hot Sour Salty Sweet, a huge coffee table-sized book with glorious pictures and tons of history following the people of Southeast Asia.  Quite fascinating and breathtaking, all in one.

I could look at the pictures all day.  [Photo credit for following pictures: Hot Sour Salty Sweet]

The second book, Love Soup by Anna Thomas, is chock-a-block with soups and stocks.  Spring Green Soup.  Caramelized Cabbage Soup.  Spicy Butternut Ginger Soup.  Creamy Potato and Roasted Garlic Soup.

I’m a soup person myself.  There’s nothing more comforting than a bowl of hot soup, accompanied by a loaf of steaming bread…except maybe chocolate.

This recipe–from Love Soup–is next on my list.  Thomas’s Roasted Turnip and Winter Squash Soup.  Need a little help?  View this 2-minute video, presented by none other than Thomas!

Now wipe that saliva off your chin before you go out into the world.

Bon appétit!

[Post image: Partial of Hot Sour Salty Sweet cover]