I'm looking for the issue date of an article written by Chef james
Beard on "Garlic Soup". It appeared between 1940 and 1950 in Gourmet
magazine. Also looking for earlier mentions of recipes for Garlic
Soup by any chef in any publication - hopefully a magazine over a
cookbook - unless the cookbook is early vintage.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 30 Nov 2003 14:08 PST

No luck on the James Beard article. but I have located an article
published in 1876 on "Spanish Stews" that offers a very nice (and
suprisingly modern sounding) description of Spanish cooking, including
garlic soup.  This is not a recipe, per se, so much as an article on
the people who cook, the things they eat, and the context of the
dishes.

For example:

"Another dish, also common to the very poor, is sopa de ajo, or garlic
soup.  This is made of garlic, shredded hard crusts of bread, oil,
salt, and water; and, as garlic and oil are cheap as dirt, and the
bread is bought three days old, it costs hardly anything.  There is a
proverb..."

...and on the article goes.

As I said, no luck on Beard.  But if the 19th century newspaper
article is of interest as an answer to your question, let me know, and
I'll post the details.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by mcater-ga on 30 Nov 2003 20:31 PST

I'm only looking for the answer to the James Beard article on Garlic
Soup or an article of similar nature in the same time period. Thank
you.