#marketside

#marketside

There's no labor of love quite like pasta making. It's a culinary art, not because it's overly complicated or because it calls for an entire cupboard's worth of ingredients, but because it requires patience and finesse - and quality flour never hurt. I've only ever attempted the craft under the supervision of a trained chef during cooking classes. And even then, I've ended up with uneven noodles.

The Marketside brand is flush with a wide variety of soups. They run the gamut from stews and chowders to gumbo and bisques, and sit like a comfort food rainbow on the chilled shelves. Compared to the competition (namely, Panera Bread at-home soups), they're more affordable and offer a more diverse range of ingredients and flavors. They lure you in with their ready-to-eat ease, but are they any good? I recently scooped up a slew of 12 Marketside soups to find out.