Chicken Soup with Pine Nuts

I think most of us have an emotional attachment to chicken soup, for its mystical healing qualities and its grounding, familiar flavors. I was introduced to this version by one of our longtime employees thirty years ago, and we have been serving it in the store ever since. The secret ingredient here is mastic gum, or mastika. You won’t notice the piney flavor, but you will appreciate the body it lends to the soup, so do seek it out, even if it means a bit of online searching. Enriched with