
Spinach and Polenta Soup
Parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in northeastern Italy, once belonged to Austria and Slovenia, and the Italians in this area often speak German or Slovenian

Parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located in northeastern Italy, once belonged to Austria and Slovenia, and the Italians in this area often speak German or Slovenian

Minestra is a soup containing rice or pasta with vegetables or beans cooked in broth or water. With the flick of a suffix, the name

Neapolitans are crazy for friarielli, a vegetable similar in taste and appearance to broccoli rabe. They toss it with pasta, bake it on pizza with

Broccoli stems make good eating, but most recipes tell you to discard them. One of the reasons I like this soup is that it uses

Tuscans favor soup over pasta as a first course, and no soup is more revered in the region than this hearty vegetable one thickened with

Swiss chard is at its best in early fall when the weather turns cool. For this soup, chard is cooked with tomatoes, garlic, and onion.

Acquacotta, or “cooked water,” the traditional name for this soup, suggests that not much is required to make it. It was originally a peasant dish,


