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On Sunday, Jan. 30, I'll be pitching in as a cook for the Seattle edition of Soup and Bread , the Chicago-based soup party started by Seattle native Martha Bayne. It's at 5:30 pm at the Funhouse, 206 5th Avenue N.

What is Soup and Bread? According to Martha's web site,

Soup & Bread is a free weekly soup dinner at the Hideout, a bar and music venue in Chicago.

Each week we round up a handful of Hideout staff and regulars, plus local musicians, writers, artists, and — yes — professional cooks to donate pots of homemade soup. We heat them up in crock pots and serve them up, along with fresh bread and the occasional muffins, pie, or cookies baked by enterprising participants. All are welcome, and we serve till the soup runs out or the late-night jazz guys kick us out. It was designed to be an easy, low-key way to get folks out of the house and socializing in the dead of darkest winter — not to mention, when we started this up in 2009 our friends were losing their jobs left and right. At times these past few years it’s seemed the entire city could use a nice hot bowl of soup.

The meal is free (and many soups will be vegetarian or vegan), but you can donate to help out Food Lifeline, an awesome local charity. Soup (and, presumably, bread) will be followed by a benefit show ($6) featuring with Partman Parthorse , Whalebones, and Man Sized Heartache.

What should I make? I'm thinking this, this, or this.