Soup club has vegetarian delights

You'll want to stock your freezer with this hearty offerings.

February 1, 2012 at 9:54PM
Pam Knutson's soups are sold under the name Birdsong Soups.
Pam Knutson's soups are sold under the name Birdsong Soups. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Entrepreneur Pam Knutson is making soup, so you don't have to. Not just any ordinary soup, either, but creative, hearty, all-vegetarian soups. Most of Knutson's output (she sells under the name Birdsong Soups) goes directly into her subscription-only soup club -- think of it as sort of a CSA for soup lovers. But a small percentage gets channeled into the freezer case at Kitchen in the Market, where lucky shoppers have been known to run into quarts ($11) of a stunner of red lentil/root vegetable/squash soup seasoned with tamari, or the only vegetarian chili I've ever encountered where I didn't miss the beef, not for a single spoonful. I'm kicking myself for not grabbing another quart of Knutson's powerhouse cream of broccoli-Cheddar. "I'm just relieved that it's finally cold enough in Minnesota that it's soup weather," Knutson said with a laugh. Yeah, I know how I'll be stocking my freezer this winter.

about the writer

about the writer

Rick Nelson

Reporter

Rick Nelson joined the staff of the Star Tribune in 1998. He is a Twin Cities native, a University of Minnesota graduate and a James Beard Award winner. 

See Moreicon

More from No Section

See More
FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
Melissa Golden/The New York Times

It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.