While Chinese are already big-time soup drinkers, the majority of soup is homemade.

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After the daily dawn-to-dusk fast, comes the feast, and even the most career-minded single women are dragooned back into the kitchen to help prepare the time-consuming harira bean soup and the traditional pancakes and sweets: melaoui, baghira, chebbakia, sfouf.

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Simple dishes you can make ahead of time include pasta salad, chilled soup or gazpacho, salsa and guacamole.

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And finally, ground yourself regularly, with exercise and meditation, or with direct service, like spending time each month quietly serving in a soup kitchen.

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There was the year, just after I'd moved into my own Manhattan apartment, when the guest list included restaurateur Elaine Kaufman and the novelist Jim Harrison, and the menu featured Daniel Boulud's perfect pea soup and more lamb from Chez Panisse, this time a rack.

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If you have finance skills and plan to volunteer at a soup kitchen, he says, one hour of your time is worth significantly more for the organization if you spend it helping with budgeting rather than doing a manual task like sorting cans.

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When Tyrone Cromwell was going through a dark time, Shelagh peppered him with invitations to chicken soup in her apartment and big family dinners.

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It was during that time period that Warhol created some of his most iconic work, including the colorful renditions of Campbell Soup cans, dollar bills and comic strips.

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