Bean soups--from sustaining Yankee bean to savory Italian minestrone--find favor all over the world. The note of cumin in this one gives it Indian overtones. If you'd like to make this soup with ...

Drain the soaked beans and discard the water. Place the beans, ham hocks, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a soup pot; do not add salt at this stage. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour ...

Gladys Langlois of Granby asked for an “old-fashioned bean soup made with white dried beans.” She misplaced hers, which had vinegar in the ingredients. Linda Adamidis of Rocky Hill wrote ...