Last year when I bought my soup warmer, I knew that some day all of those three bays would be used. Although we began offering just one soup per day, we've ramped it up so that now there are three soups simmering and for sale for you at the cafe.

Soup is easy to make and can use up ingredients we have left over, it's an economical and healthy way to expand our menu. Today, for example we served curry coconut chicken soup, veggie lentil soup and cream of brocolli. There are so many soups we can serve, it's fun to be creative.

That's one of the best things about the cafe...the staff gets a chance to research cool new menu items and try them out. We go to the web and find recipes of all stripes...one new one we're contemplating is a wonderful cajun chicken stew.

Stay tuned, you'll be surprised the next time you stop by. Our menus grow and grow and you'll notice how much busier we are...it's that time of the year, the time that travelers, locals and tourists are discovering South Deerfield's culinary secret...the GoNOMAD Cafe.