Soups
   
  Meat & Fish
     
   

Best Chicken Soup With Matzo Balls
JO-ANN MAKOVITZKY of Toqueville

     
   
Semolina Soup
EGIDIANA MACCIONI of Le Cirque
     
   
Tuscan Cacciucco
MARK STRAUSMAN of Campagna
   
  Vegetarian
     
   
Borscht *
SERENA BASS of Serena
     
 
Chestnut-Soup Viennese Melange with Black Truffles *
KURT GUTENBRUNNER of Wallsé, Café Sabarsky
     
   
Organic Cauliflower Soup
DAN BARBER of Blue Hill
     
   
Yankee Bean Soup *
DON PINTABONA of Tribeca Grill
     
 
Pineapple-Cucumber Gazpach
MATTHEW KENNEY of Pure Food and Wine
       
    * Recipe calls for chicken broth and/or beef bouillon; for strict vegetarians, substitute vegetable versions.