Peel the onion and parsnips. Chop finely, together with the fennel bulbs and celery, to roughly the same size dice. Roughly chop the parsley leaves. Melt the butter in a large pot or casserole dish.

Finally, there are the fennel seeds, a mainstay in Chinese five spice and foods like turkey sausage patties and vegetable ...

A prime example is this humble, comforting soup of cabbage, fennel, tomatoes and white beans. The star is an entire (small) ...

and leftover squash makes for a wonderful addition to simple soups with turkey, mushrooms or beans. One of our favorites is a gingery butternut soup with fennel and coconut milk. It's topped with ...