* There Is Nothing Quite As Satisfying As A Bowl of Rich, Hearty Soup. Soup Are Eaten In Almost Every Corner of The World and Over The Years, Certain Soups Have Been Associated With Particular Countries. Italy Is No Exception, With Several Regions Boasting Claim to Some of The World"s Best Soups. Pasta Fazool (Minestrone) Is Synonymous With The Southern Region of Italy. Fazool Is from The Italian Word Fagioli, Which Means Bean. The Neapolitans Perfected This Thick, Three Bean, Multi-Vegetable Pasta Soup Which Entitled Whem to Rename The Dish In Their Own Dialect and It Thus Became Known As Pasta Pazool. People Today Eat Soup For Different Reasons Than They Did Yester Year. Once Considered An Inexpensive Meal For The Poor, Soup Has Become Popular Among The Health Conscious Consumers of Today. There Is A Saying About Soups In Southern Italy That Your Hunger, Quenches Your Thirst, Fills Your Stomach, Cleans Your Teeth, Makes You Sleep, Helps You Digest and Colors Your Cheeks. Give Alessi Pasta Fazool A Try and Let Us Know If The Old Saying Might Still Prove to Be Right. Try Our Other Traditional Soups and Buon Appetito! Alessi Zuppa Toscana (Tuscan White Bean Soup); Alessi Lenticchie (Sicilian Lentil Soup); Alessi Spaccarelli (Sicilian Split Pea Soup); Alessi Brodo Di Pollo (Sicilian Chicken Noodle Soup).