If every thing within the cookbook is pretty much as good as this was, it is a complete winner. This was asparagus soup. The recipe referred to as for basil. I had tarragon. So, I substituted. Principally you cook the asparagus with leeks in hen broth. Then you puree it. Up to that point it's pretty plain pipe-rack asparagus soup. Then, the distinction maker. You make balls of herbed goat chees