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Soup
At Mardi Gras, gumbo is as much a lifestyle as a soup
We can’t be in New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year, but that doesn’t mean we have to deny ourselves the pleasure of a bowl of gumbo.
Sopa de ajo cures whatever ails you
Sopa de ajo, which is Spanish for garlic soup, really is the peasant bowl of Iberian penicillin. It may even cure the common cold.
An Irish solution to dark and dank winter days
During Boxing Week, shoppers in Dublin can pop into almost any pub, bar, or cafe for a warming bowl of soup to chase the cold.
Hearty fare from the Dolomites in Alto Adige
The smoked air-dried ham of Alto Adige called speck is foundational to Tyrolean cuisine. That includes this Saturday’s barley soup.
French onion soup chases ‘les températures glaciales’
Parisians choose to eat outdoors at their beloved sidewalk cafes even in winter weather. No wonder they order onion soup gratinée.
Hungarian gulyás launches Soup Saturday
When we eat Hungarian gulyás soup at home, we don’t get the elegant serenade that accompanies the dish at Gundel in Budapest.
Newagen Inn in Southport, Maine, inspires asparagus soup
On the trail of Rachel Carson, we dined at The Pub in Southport, Maine’s Newagen Inn. The cream of asparagus soup was inspirational.
Tortellini and Ferrari, Modena’s gifts to the world
Stanley Tucci’s visit to Modena reminded us that tortellini are but one of the fine city’s beautiful gifts to the world.