I’ve eaten a lot of cioppino this past week, and I have ciopinions. My first is that this was actually something of a terrible assignment. It turns out that, even during Dungeness crab season, I don’t ...

That’s where cioppino, a classic homemade soup recipe, originated. Since the first bowl was mopped clean with a piece of sourdough bread nearly 200 years ago, it has appeared in endless versions ...

Add the onions, carrots, leeks, celery, fennel bulb and garlic, and sauté for 3-4 minutes until softened. Add the fennel seeds, fresh thyme and tomato paste and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add the ...