Spring garlic soup ($5.50) is a buttery froth, powerful yet fragile, with dumplings of foie gras mousse.

The Tyrolean garlic soup, one of Kump's Austrian imports, calls for little more than chicken stock, garlic and croutons.

Happy yellow walls and big windows add to the warm ambience at La Fuente, a local favorite a block off Plaza Principal, where you'll find a good range of dishes including steak, chicken, enchiladas and a fine garlic soup.

Greek moussaka soup, buffalo soup, cream of watercress, kangaroo soup, French garlic soup, eggplant Parmesan soup and African peanut soup are some of the creations of Albert Yeganeh, left, the owner.

I'd do the same with the roasted garlic soup, studded with moist slivers of roasted chicken.

I put on a pot of Zuppa di Aglio Fresco, a fresh garlic soup popular in the hills of Brisighella, where it has been fed to babies and the elderly for many years.

"But I do know that Tova Borgnine really loved our roasted garlic soup."

Roasted garlic soup, though smooth and satisfying, was so rich that diners who finish it may never get past the first course.

California cuisine, with dishes like cold tomato and roasted garlic soup, sauteed sea bass with wasabe mashed potatoes, and grilled meats and fish.

A fine cold weather pick is the smooth roasted garlic soup, a rich, soothing puree poured around a centerpiece of chopped tomatoes and lettuces (the menu said fresh mushrooms).