Pasta e fagioli or as my family calls it "Pasta Fazool" is rustic and made with inexpensive ingredients. The dish is made throughout Italy but there are many versions of Pasta Fazool and even within the same family. My version differs from my Mom's and Nanna's because they used home canned tomatoes that were liquified and no meat. Mine includes 93/7 ground meat or two links of Italian hot sausages and I use fresh tomatoes (vine ripened) but only roughly chop the tomatoes. The final difference is that my Babe and Son have Celiac Disease so I cook whatever type of gluten free Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta I have on hand but never spaghetti or linguine. We found that the Tinkyada brand is the best although Ronzoni (Sono Buoni) is a solid second choice. (Those of you who are in my age group might remember the Sono Buoni ad campaign.) Anyway, most of my friends in the old neighborhood eat this dish in the mid fall to late winter. Not us. This dish is year round for us. I would make this for breakfast on the weekends....IF.... my Babe would allow me. That ain't gonna happen. I hope you enjoy this dish and remember, when the stars make you drool joosta like pasta fazool its amore. Thank you Dean Martin.