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Ribollita – A Soup for When You’re Sick (or Not)

Ribollita Tuscan Bean SoupThis week has been a struggle. I don’t know if I caught a cold or the flu or what but I’ve been on NyQuil and DayQuil since Saturday. To make matters worse I infected Cheryl and we were away from home, so traveling back to Chicago bright and early Monday morning was not the most fun thing to do. What does everyone want when they’re sick? Soup. And since we had some leftover ciabatta from last week I felt a big pot of ribollita would fit the bill nicely while we convalesced during the week. (more…)

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Florentine Onion and Pea Soup – what to do with leftover bread

Florentine Onion and Pea soupI’ve been doing a bit of bread baking recently and always end up with 2 loaves.  One of the loaves is usually eaten quickly while the second languishes a bit and gets stale.  It’s not surprising.  Fresh bread is fantastic, two day old bread is meh.  What do you do with the re-meh-ning bread?  Probably the oldest method of not letting  your stale bread go to waste is to use it in soup.  I found a good recipe for leftover bread in Carol Field’s Italian Baker; Florentine onion and pea soup.  Of course, I made a few changes. (more…)