Mangia

Beans, vegetables, and water are the basic components of many of northern Italy's world-renowned soups. A long, gentle cooking time guarantees the melding of textures and flavors. Here we've used chi…

Mangia's black bean soup is thick and luscious. The fresh salsa lends zip and beautiful color. We make it with 2 serrano chiles, seeded, which lend just enough heat. If mild salsa is more to your lik…

You will be raiding your vegetable garden (or the farmstand or produce department) when you make this soup! And it is the shopping that takes the time. The soup itself is a breeze to put together. If…

Even those who cannot go a day without meat will be happy with this satisfying sandwich. And while at first glance this may seem like a summer sandwich, it is wonderful year-round, especially in the …

You can make this simple sandwich on other breads as well, in addition to focaccia, as long as you choose a soft bread, with no major flavoring. You don't want to intrude upon the flavor and fragranc…

A relative of lettuce, radicchio is shaped like a small cabbage and has a similar crunchy texture and reddish-purple color. Its slightly bitter flavor isn't very interesting raw, but when grilled or …

There is a Caribbean beat to this sweet potato soup, which you can make as thick and bisque-like as you wish. Consistency here is determined by the amount of milk you add. Use more or less, to your t…

Broccoli and Cheddar cheese have been paired together successfully in all kinds of different ways. Here is another example of the winning combination in a rich, smooth soup that comforts and warms. O…

Here is the perfect soup for a warm fall evening, after a day of apple picking or a visit to a country farmstand. You can garnish this silken soup with finely shredded smoked ham, if you like. With a…

Your whole house will turn into a Middle Eastern spice bazaar when you toast all the seeds for this soup. What you are doing, of course, is making your own curry powder something that is not only int…

This is one of those easy-to-put-together recipes that is at its very best served the same day it is made. Use local corn in the summer and frozen kernels in the winter (they make it still easier to …

We call this soup Mexican as a salute to some of the ingredients, but we doubt that there is a Mexican household that has this recipe in its treasured old recipe file. This is a glorious summer soup.…

Many chilled soups, including some of today's "politically correct," scaled-down chilled soups, are often made with some cream. Here, though, is one without a drop, with no fat to speak of at all, in…