Rick and Jaquie Wile again opened their beautiful Norfolk home to us for our annual Soup Party. Twenty members and their significant others gathered for our yearly soup-eating marathon. This year the ladies outdid themselves with a very diverse and ample selection of soups, stew, and chili. Each offering was presented in a crock pot with the pots (all 16 of them) displayed along the Wile’s ample counters, table, and stovetop. I tried to gather up all the labels at the end of the evening and here in no specific order is a list of the soups: Spicy Chicken, Turkey Vegetable, Beef Stew, French Onion, Turkey Meatball, Hot Taco, Lobster Bisque, Cheese and Meatball Soup, Corn Chowder with Sausage, Tex-Mex Corn Chowder, Gingered Squash & Pear Soup, New England Corn Chowdah (sic), Turkey Chowder, Shrimp Creole, Caribbean Black Bean, Celery Soup and Chili Con Carne. I may have missed a couple. To go with the soups we had ample bowls of salad and fresh breads. And of course, everyone’s favorite libation.