{"id":10735,"date":"2014-01-10T05:55:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=10735"},"modified":"2014-01-10T05:55:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T13:55:24","slug":"panera-broccoli-cheddar-soup-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=10735","title":{"rendered":"Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Born out of the original parent of Au Bon Pain<\/a>, a delightful sandwich chain in urban areas up and down the east coast, Panera bread has grown through acquisitions and opening new shops to become a major force in fast casual dining. \u00a0The company current has over 1700 shops <\/a>operating in 45 states under several different trade names.<\/p>\n

The company features a varietyof fresh baked goods, breads, bagels, and pastries, which can be purchased to take away or as components of the in-house menu items like sandwiches, and breakfast bagels. In addition to the bread baked in-house, the chain endeavors to use the freshest quality ingredients available for their other menus, including salads, pasta dishes and a rotating list of soups.<\/p>\n

In addition to tasty food, Panera donates all unsold baked goods at the end of each day to local food banks and organizations. \u00a0That’s pretty cool.<\/p>\n

There was a Panera store here in Portland that also tried to help the community by having a “pay what you can” policy.<\/p>\n

Today I had the broccoli cheese soup, bits of broccoli and carrot, seasonings in a thick cheese soup, garnished with pieces of bacon. \u00a0It’s good, but then, I am having a new love affair with soup in general, and specifically cheese soup.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Burgerdogboy got me started on soup as a meal, and I’m thankful for that education. \u00a0Having been raised in the Upper Midwest, however, beer cheese soup, which has been around since the days of Medieval Europe, was a frequent menu item while I was growing up.<\/p>\n

My favorite as a young man was at the posh grocery chain Byerly’s<\/a>, in Minneapolis. \u00a0There was one within walking distance of my house, and I used to like tromping through the snow late at night to get a cup or two. \u00a0 Recently, I was quite taken by the recipe at at little place called Mocha Mouse<\/a>, in Black River Falls, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Should you hit Panera just for a cup of soup? \u00a0Definitely!<\/p>\n

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Born out of the original parent of Au Bon Pain, a delightful sandwich chain in urban areas up and down the east coast, Panera bread has grown through acquisitions and opening new shops to become a major force in fast casual dining. \u00a0The company current has over 1700 shops operating in 45 states under several… Continue reading Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16,34,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10735"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}