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The quintessential cuisine of a winter day is a piping hot bowl of soup.

This rich and creamy potage, combining all the flavors of a loaded baked potato, is just four ingredients and a slow simmer away.

In Fake Ginger's slow cooker version, it's all about the splashy toppings -- bacon, cheddar cheese and chives. The soup is your invention -- layer on as many or few toppings as desired.

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It's not just sugar cookies that are suited to be dressed in whites and pinks and reds for Valentine's Day. Try this creamy, rich, sultry potato and porcini soup. It cooks up in no time and is filling enough to work as a lunch to pack for your sweetheart.

potato, porcini and gruyere soup for the one you love

Peel and slice four small russet potatoes and simmer in four cups half-and-half along with four large slices dried porcini mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and four cloves of garlic, roughly chopped until potatoes are tender. Add in two teaspoons of Better than Bouillon chicken stock base (or one cup of chicken stock) and stir until combined. Put mixture in blender and pulse until desired consistency.

Top with sprinkles of pink Hawaiian salt, paprika and chipotle pepper, to taste, and grate one ounce of gruyere cheese over the top.