Zaynab Issa’s curried red bean soup with kale riffs on minestrone with heady spices like cumin, coriander and turmeric ...

This recipe is courtesy of Kit Wohl's Cookbook Studio and her book, New Orleans Classic Gumbos and Soups (Pelican Publishing). Kit appears regularly in the kitchen on the Eyewitness Morning News.

Red beans and rice is one of the signature dishes of New Orleans, which explains why Louis Armstrong, perhaps the city's best known ambassador, used to sign off his letters, "Red beans and ricely ...