Like many French classics, this recipe's beauty is in its simplicity. Potatoes are sliced thinly and cooked in milk, garlic, ...

Onions. Broth. Bread. Cheese. Treat these elements right, and you’ve got a roadmap to the ultimate winter soup. Leave it to the French to make a glorious, silky soup from a vegetable as ordinary ...

Recipe: How to make French onion soup French onion soup can easily, and successfully, be stored for later. There are no starches to soak up the broth, so it’s just as lovely days (or even months ...

A traditional French onion soup is made using beef broth, yellow onions, Gruyère cheese and a baguette, all things that make it different from regular onion soup.

Once the broth comes to a boil, reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer. Add the ginger, kombu, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and saffron. Simmer for 30 minutes.

Stir the onions and return to the upper oven rack. Continue to roast for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring every 8 minutes or so, or until soft and golden. (Total baking time is 30 to 35 minutes.) ...

Add the broth and thyme. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until onions are very soft, about 30 minutes. Stir in port, if using. Meanwhile, heat broiler with rack in middle.

Charred onion and spices give this quick-cooking broth the complexity of long-simmered pho soup. Kombu adds a seafood depth, and you can accentuate it by adding fish bones at the very end and ...