As that funny LA evening chill had set in, we both went for the comfort option to start with: butternut squash soup.

Just take a spoonful of his butternut squash soup.

It was a bowl of butternut squash soup.

A butternut squash soup got us off on the right track.

Could the chef leave the walnuts off the creamless butternut squash soup with blue cheese?

The menu included butternut squash soup, Gypsy stew and tofu chili.

(And a friend tells me that the butternut squash soup, unavailable on two recent visits, is even better.)

For the cream of butternut squash soup, preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.

Among the healthful choices in the cafe is low-fat butternut squash soup ($3 for a small bowl).

They spooned modest sips of butternut squash soup, moving the spoon away from them, as directed.