This year winter has very slowly crept in but it now it’s definitely in full form. In fact, it’s so cold here that it’s painful when the air first hits your face! As a result, we are in full comfort food mode, with warm soups on top of our list. Pasta Fagioli soup in particular has a special place in my heart. It was the first Italian soup I ever had when I first moved to the United States. It is one of those dishes I felt I had to re-create when I went back home, and re-create I did!