The only thing I would embellish on this recipe is to splash a little white wine into the shallots as they sautee.

Otherwise, I have had, if not this exactly, soup LIKE this and it IS very very good.

That sounds amazingly delish! I could easily make that vegan. I made up an orgasmic recipe for vegan butternut squash soup last week that all of my non-vegans loved.

I loves me some soup.

Yes, a veganized version would be easy, and quite delish. Anything that focuses on garlic pretty much makes me happy.

Iconomy, could you share your made-up butternut squash recipe? That sounds really yummy.

oooo white wine *would* be a good addition, danf - noted for the next batch.

I wonder what replacing the cream with yogurt would do? Also, ico, what would you do to make it vegan?

I have a huge bag of dried white beans that came as a gift from a village where V. was shooting a documentary and this looks like a nice recipe to spend some of that on. :)