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This fragran,t green, creamy spinach and basil soup is nutrient rich and has the added bonus of being "love food". Basil is said to be helpful for the libido, fertility, and an overall sense of well-being for the body and spirit.

This beef and barley soup recipe is cooked in the crockpot or slow cooker. The tasty soup is made with stew beef, onion, celery, carrots, barley, bay leaf, and beef stock.

Here's a slow cooker fish chowder recipe with potatoes and bacon. This is an easy fish chowder, delicious with a salad and crusty bread.

Crockpot pea soup is a split pea soup recipe flavored with ham hocks, split peas, seasonings, and chopped vegetables.

A dump-and-go crockpot recipe for beef stew.

There are many, many Italian onion soup recipes. This Milanese onion soup recipe is cheesy, and similar to French onion soup.

Tom wrote to ask for a chestnut and chickpea soup from L'Acquila, in the Abruzzo. I haven't come across it, but have found recipes for both chestnut and chickpea soup. To make chestnut soup for six you'll need:

This onion soup recipe is drawn from Il Cuoco Piemontese, which was published in 1766, and was one of the first books written in Italian to present French recipes. Given the renown of onion soup in France and its comparative rareness in Italy, this may be of French origin. Like most 18th century recipes, it leaves the proportions up to you. You'll want day old bread, and want to add enough to thicken the soup but not so much as to make it really firm.

Ciuppin is the Ligurian progenitor of the Bay Area's Cioppino. Here's a ciuppin recipe that cooks slowly and will be perfect in winter.

Here is a rich, tomatoey, distinctly non-French variation on onion soup, from Calabria.