When winds whistle through uncaulked cracks around the windows and errant chills seep into rooms, a steaming hot bowl of soup ...

For good flavour and nutrition, a beef marrow bone is a great addition to this bone broth. Make up the rest with chicken carcasses from roasts or lamb bones, which are also good for a rich flavour.

This soup is cloudier, richer and more savory than ... heavy flavors. He uses both beef bones and chicken in the broth, buying older chickens, he said, because the meat is more pungent.

Oxtail soup is the perfect winter warmer ... Cover and cook for 2½-3 hours, until the oxtail is really tender and falling off the bone. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the oxtail ...