A hearty and delicious soup is the embodiment of all the best parts of winter. It’s cozy, filling, and the perfect antidote to cold hands. As if a rite of passage, when Autumn’s first whisper arrives, every Hearth Keeper feels the timely urge to pull out the soup kettle. Making a delicious soup is a work of art. The artist weaves the gifts of the harvest into a masterpiece - often carefully balancing her resources, nutrition, taste, and budget to create just the right bowl of liquid gold. Hearth and Heart is more than a cookbook. It is a Hearth Keeper’s guide to weaving their own winter soup magic. It is a heartwarming book filled with poems embodying the meaning of home. The hearth is the heart of the home, and this book leaves each reader with a deep connection to the magical experience that is at the center of all that is “home.” Jillian Aurora is an aspiring historian, student, author, and earth-centered caretaker of her home. She lives amongst the enchanted forests of Western Pennsylvania and enjoys cultivating her garden, harvesting its produce, and creating nourishing meals. Jillian loves immersing herself in the constantly evolving experience of home, nature, and community, with her husband and four furbabies.