Odesan “French” Soup

This is a very light and vibrant spring soup made from young vegetables just in season. “So what makes this soup French?” I asked Regina, an Odesan who now lives in Berlin and has a long lineage of ancestors who were born in Odesa. She explained that during Soviet times, calling someone French was a coded way of saying they were Jewish. It was more acceptable, at a time when being Jewish was at best a barrier against advancing in your career and at worst, d