Winter Soup with a Story

Which came first?

Living in Florence, I get a one sided version of history when studying about cuisine. The main story about most classic French recipes is that they were brought to France with Caterina de’Medici (1519 – 1589) when she married Henri the second. She was the neice of Lorenzo il Magnifico.

They were 14 when they married. She brought her chef’s from the Royal…