Soup & Bread’s Martha Bayne talks soup, and a little bread

Soup & Bread’s Martha Bayne talks soup, and a little bread

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Martha Bayne’s Soup & Bread events at The Hideout are simple. No bands, no talks, no comedians. Just soup and bread. Professional and amateur chefs (from Doug Sohn of Hot Doug’s to Martha’s dad) provide the soup, and donations go to local food banks. Here, Martha talks about why the event has caught on, the larger meaning of soup and her new cookbook collecting recipes from Soup & Bread’s past: