After reading Stanley Tucci’s book last year called Taste: My Life Through Food I was introduced to Pasta e Fagioli. It you check the internet, there are many recipes. It seems you’re authentic if it includes beans and pasta. Families have their favourite ‘other’ ingredients. Sometimes there is a nod to tomatoes. Sometimes there is meat. Sometimes there is greenery, like kale. Sometimes it’s more stewy than soupy. It seems to be what’s on hand at the end of a grand week or weekend of cooking.