A chef tastes a ladle over a steaming pot of soup or stew - panacea_stock/Shutterstock Various factors can make your comforting soup recipe turn sour as you cook it ...

Hot and sour is what we hanker for when we’re chilled and worn — or when we’ve eaten 8 kinds of potatoes in a week — but it rarely lives up to its name. Let’s blame the cornstarch. Restaurants and ...

Takeout-Style Hot-and-Sour Soup. (Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post) To say my taste in food growing up leaned mild over spicy would be an understatement. Case in point: our regular trips ...

Dear Neighbors: M.P. of La Mirada requested a recipe for sweet and sour cabbage soup like the kind at the Katella Deli in Los Alamitos. B.P. of Placentia has come to the rescue, offering this version ...

Dear Pat: Although everything on the menu at Sarika's Thai Restaurant is fresh and wonderful, my lunch buddy and I absolutely love her hot and sour soup. We've tried it everywhere in town, but ...

Randy Lau has fond memories of growing up around his parents' Chinese restaurant, where he and his older sister would chat with customers as they enjoyed their meals and often snuck pots of their ...