I've whipped up the Barefoot Contessa's savory chicken chili and soothing minestrone, but the soup I've been most excited to try was her ravioli en brodo — an Italian spin on chicken noodle.

“If you’re making ravioli with a wet filling, it’s terrible, right?” says Leon. “So we have to push all that moisture out of the onions, and we want something really, really dry.