15 February: Galileo Galilei is born in Pisa, and a bowl of Garmugia
Galileo was born in Pisa on 15 February 1564 and went on to point a telescope at the sky. Garmugia, a spring soup from Lucca just up the road from Pisa, is full of little green spheres of its own: peas and broad beans.
Soup of the day
Garmugia
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Garmugia is a spring vegetable soup from the town of Lucca in Tuscany. Spring onions are softened slowly in olive oil, then a little pancetta and minced beef are browned with them.
Read about Garmugia and get the recipe →What happened
Galileo Galilei is born in Pisa, Tuscany.
Why this soup
Galileo was born in Pisa; garmugia comes from neighbouring Lucca in Tuscany.
Sources
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