Montreal has a very special feel-good, environmental and community (both global and local) conscious restaurant called Santropol. It is known for its amazing bread and huge sandwiches, fragrant, flavorful soups served by the bowl or the mug, its own roasted coffee, and a pretty outdoor garden that makes sitting in the middle of a urban neighborhood feel like the country. I had this soup there recently and made it at home, within hours, just to get a second bowl…..on the house! This is the sunniest soup you will ever experience. It is a trip to Provence in each delicious spoonful. Serve with hunks of cheese and sheared off chunks of fresh French bread. Santropol serves this in bowls or mugs, and not a one matches (no two mugs alike in the whole restaurant - absolutely charming -feels like home!)