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This recipe uses ready-made taco shells, but soft tortillas are good too.

This handsome potage has many personalities as it may be presented in a variety of ways: hot, cold, pureed, or country style.

DASHI STOCK is Japanese clear soup stock. There are four types made from kelp, dried bonito, shitake mushroom, or dried fish. Dashi stock is the secret of Japanese cooking. To keep this strictly vegetarian, I omit the dried bonito flakes and substitute with soy bean sprouts and or mushrooms.