Soup & Stews Coloring Book - a Surprise Castle exclusive

24 hand-illustrated scenes from kitchens and hearths around the world, from a campfire cauldron to a Tuscan minestrone on a balcony.

Stir slow. Pick up the pencil.

A hand-drawn adult coloring book, 24 scenes that run from medieval castle hearths and beach palapas to Asian noodle bowls and Mediterranean tureens. The pace is set by the slow simmer of a stew and the steady drift of broth steam, not the next notification.

Step up to a seaside harbor where a steaming bowl of fish and clams sits before sailing boats. Walk to a campfire cauldron among mushrooms and leafy greens. Pull up to three thatched savanna huts beside a pot of soup with herbs. Then to a stone fireplace with a Greek-pattern soup bowl on tile.

The pages keep moving. A medieval castle courtyard with stone arches and a soup bowl of beans. A tropical setting with a fish and lime seafood soup. An outdoor table under awning with a noodle soup. A central cauldron with twelve surrounding ingredient bowls.

Wander through the kitchens. A modern kitchen counter with a soup tureen and leafy vegetables. A forest campsite with a suspended cauldron over flames. A modern jar-shelf kitchen with parsley and mushrooms. A beach with palm trees and a seafood broth.

Keep going. A balcony overlooking countryside with a vegetable-and-pasta soup. An Asian-style noodle soup with chopsticks. An outdoor vendor stall with steaming pot. A medieval stone fortress hearth with chunky vegetable stew. An ornate samovar with herbed soup. A Mediterranean olive oil and bread soup with minestrone vegetables. A patterned tile floor with a soup bowl and lemon slices. A wooden table with noodle bowls and a tofu cauldron. A Tuscan landscape balcony with a soup bowl. A multi-bowl noodle counter with a central pot. A pho kitchen of fresh herbs and lime. A second hearth with a country bean stew. And to close, a quiet stone kitchen with a hot bowl waiting on a wooden trestle.

There's a reason coloring sticks around. It gives a busy mind somewhere to land, and in this case that somewhere is the rim of a tureen or the curl of soup steam. Some pages are bold and forgiving. Others will eat a whole afternoon. Works fine with colored pencils, fine-tip markers, or gel pens.

If you know someone whose Dutch oven lives on the stove, a friend who simmers a fresh stock every Sunday, or a parent who cooked through a long cold winter, this is for them. It's also for the person who'd quietly rather shade a tureen on a Saturday than scroll.

Stir slow.

Inside you'll find 24 scenes: a seaside harbor with steaming bowl, a campfire cauldron, three thatched savanna huts with herbed pot, a stone fireplace with Greek-pattern bowl, a medieval castle courtyard with bean soup, a tropical seafood soup, a noodle soup under awning, a central cauldron with twelve ingredient bowls, a kitchen counter with tureen and greens, a forest cauldron, a modern jar-shelf kitchen with parsley, a beach with seafood broth, a balcony minestrone, an Asian noodle soup with chopsticks, an outdoor vendor stall, a stone-fortress hearth with vegetable stew, a samovar with herbed soup, a Mediterranean minestrone, a tile-floor soup with lemon, a wooden-table tofu cauldron, a Tuscan-balcony soup, a multi-bowl noodle counter, a pho kitchen, a country bean stew at a hearth, and a quiet stone kitchen with a waiting bowl.