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| | She couldn't escape minestrone | csmonitor.com |
 | | Minestrone, which means "big soup" in Italian, is a universal dish, served and appreciated equally from store-bought tin cans and top restaurants. |
 | | In Italy, minestrone also symbolizes two things: the arrival of spring and the generosity associated with Joseph, the Catholic patron saint of fathers, carpenters, and self-doubters. |
 | | Once, in the true spirit of the day, she made it in a rented efficiency unit at a Hollywood, Fla., motel, and served it to all the guests gathered in the courtyard. |
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