Cinquale Fish Soup

Ever since I can remember, the largest and undoubtedly the best portion of my summer holidays has been spent on the beach at Cinquale, a tiny seaside resort near my family home in Tuscany on the Versilia coast. My family has been going to the same stabilimento (privately run beach, of which there are literally hundreds up and down the Italian coast) since my brothers were babies, and there is some comfort in spending one’s holiday time surrounded by familiar faces. Although the area has cha