Bisque is typically a thicker, cream based soup.
Tomato bisque is more of a paste, where soup is more watery, depending how thick the broth is.
A Soup is a water based stew. A Bisque is seafood based, pureed and strained (smooth texture) style of soup. If seafood based, unstrained and or chunky it is a Chowder.
No, bisque traditionally refers to a seafood-based soup that is pureed and strained.
It is from France.
They're spelled differently.
There are lots of different websites online where you will find good tomato bisque soup recipes.I suggest you try www.recipe.com Recipes Soup Tomato
Bisque is a pinkish browny cream. Can be darker. Derived from the creamy French soup of the same name.
only tomato bisque
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tomato-bisque-ii/ shows a detailed tomato bisque soup recipe. Mostly you just need tomatoes and beef bouillon and other spices which most likely you have lying around in the kitchen.
See the related link below for a good recipe to start with:
Soup is a starter
Vegetarian tomato bisque soup is made by first sweating onions and oregano over medium heat with olive oil. You must then add flour, tomatoes, chicken broth, salt and pepper and bring the pot down to a simmer. After ten minutes, your tomato bisque soup should be ready for consumption.