Welcome to a new Foodseum serial, The Test.
Each month, I’ll be taking an analytical approach to recipe development, picking dishes apart and putting them back together, resulting in new and exciting ways to enjoy everyday favorites.
With temperatures relentlessly plummeting, it was only appropriate that we would be tested on a cold weather staple: chili.
Wooden crates filled with butternut squash, red-skinned potatoes, and Empire apples are the center pieces of Alex Curatolo’s juice bar and local market, Belli’s.
The winter frost that permeates the Midwest keeps the produce selection at the store succinct.
But the pickings are ample enough for Curatolo to create a myriad of soups, flavors of which rotate on a daily basis.