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Fare Exchange: Time for soup, salmon and pumpkins

To reach us

Fare Exchange is a longtime meeting place for people who love to cook and love to eat. We welcome both your recipes and your requests. Be sure to include precise instructions for every recipe you send. Mailing address: Jane Henegar, 913 Mount Olive Road, Lookout Mountain, GA 30750 E-mail: chattfare@gmail.com

photo Jane Henegar

Welcome to the glorious last weeks of 2015. Today we are searching for three things: a country muffin similar to one sold at a market in Durham, N.C. – loaded with carrots and coconut.

Also, can you unearth the pretzel-like bread sticks once sold at the Valdesian Bakery in Valdese, N.C., or do you have some foot-long bread sticks from your own collection? And closer to home, “Do you know where you can get knives sharpened now that Mia Cucina has closed?”

TOMATO SOUP

Marian Willett celebrated soup season by sending two recipes for tomato soup, the first of which we print today. This one contains a can of tomato soup along with a variety of additions.