Soup is one of the easiest ways to taste a place without booking a flight. A pot of broth, beans, noodles, seafood, herbs, or spices can carry centuries of migration, farming, trade, celebration, and comfort.

A good bowl of soup can do more than fill a stomach. It can slow a busy evening, soften a cold day, and bring the whole kitchen to life with ginger, garlic, toasted sesame, star anise, miso, or simmering bones.