Bob Terwilliger > wrote:

>Christine Dabney wrote:

>> And believe it or not, but for some soups, water is the best. I
>> wasn't a believer til I read some of Richard Olney's books, and
>> decided to try making some soups with just water. A leek and potato
>> soup really tastes of the leeks, potatoes and butter, and is not
>> clouded by the broth.

>Julia Child was a guest on "Emeril Live" once, and Emeril started out to
>make leek and potato soup using chicken stock. Julia took him to task for
>it, saying he should use water, so that the soup would taste of the leeks
>and potatoes. So Emeril used water.

As far as I'm concerned using chicken (or similar) broth instead
of water is one of the most common cooking errors. A good way
to ruin say a risotto, or braised leeks.

However this opinion is not universally shared.

Steve