Skip the stock and say bye to broth and bouillon — your soup will be just fine if you make it with water.

Remember the folk tale of stone soup? The CliffsNotes version goes like this: A poor, hungry man begs for food from others, who all refuse to help him until he tells them he can make soup from a stone ...

One of the first food stories I ever heard was about soup. You probably know how it goes. A hungry traveler has nothing to eat: just a pot and a stone. He starts a fire, fills the pot with water, ...