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CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL'S MILK STREET TELEVISION: Favorite Italian Soups

Ribollita (Tuscan White Bean and Vegetable Soup)
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Ribollita (Tuscan White Bean and Vegetable Soup)

Stream now with KPBS / Premieres Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Milk Street explores Italy's repertoire of simple soups. We learn there are no meatballs in authentic Italian Wedding Soup; instead, it's all about the marriage of meat and greens.

Italian Wedding Soup
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Italian Wedding Soup

We learn how to make Bread and Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs and Ribollita (Tuscan White Bean and Vegetable Soup), two soups that exemplifies cucina povera.

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Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs
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Tomato Soup with Poached Eggs

Plus, we share four ways to boost your store-bought broth.

broth
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Season 9: CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL'S MILK STREET TELEVISION explores the world in search of techniques and ingredients that can transform your home cooking, producing bolder dishes with less time and effort. Season nine features gorgeous on-location travel segments, and mouth-watering dishes and recipes, from over a dozen countries — including Italy, Mexico, Romania, Austria, South Korea, and Malaysia — along with segments filmed at their headquarters at 177 Milk Street in downtown Boston. Each episode introduces viewers to cooks from around the world, showcasing how their inspiration results in faster, easier, and bolder recipes.

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