The generic word for soup in Italian is minestra. At the brothy end of the spectrum is the minestrina, and on the opposite, meal-in-a-bowl side is the minestrone, literally translated as “big soup.” ...

Minestrone Soup or Minestra Zuppa as my grandmother called it is the essence of using whatever is picked from the garden that morning, or left over from other meals. Different families have their own ...