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A thick and creamy soup that is served chilled. Typically made from potatoes, leeks, chicken stock, onions, milk, and thickened with a cream base (half and half or heavy cream), Vichyssoise is often considered to be of French origin, which is not totally accurate.

A vegetable, which is a member of the onion family, that has an appearance similar to a scallion. Long and round in shape, the stem of the leek is white at the root end and becomes increasingly darker green toward the top which is surrounded by stiff green or blue-green leaves, depending on the variety.

A Chinese plant with thin narrow, firm stalks that grow a small flowering bulb at the top of a tall stalk that may extend to over 12 inches in height.