Beautiful Soup

November, 1959

Beautiful SoupWhen Alice, in Wonderland, requests a song of the Mock Turtle, that personage chooses to sing of "Beautiful soup! Who cares for fish,/Game, or any other dish? Soup of the evening, beautiful soup!"There is a large body of men – we're right in there – who share the Mock Turtle's enthusiasm. For what is as fine on a cold November day as a big bowl of piping hot minestrone, fortified with pasta and vegetables, fragrant with the pungent aroma of freshly grated romano cheese? D...