Long Island's best soups

February 16, 2010 12:26 PM

Hot soup on a cold winter's day is a whole-body experience. The steam rising from the surface fogs up your glasses. As it makes its way down, the soup warms your mouth, throat, chest and belly - a really great soup can even warm your toes. And soup served in a high-sided bowl lets you cup your hands around it so you can warm them up, too.

Soup is also an occasion for culinary artistry, and these are local masterpieces.