When someone cooks you soup, it's a sign that they care. Soup takes time to make — time to allow the flavor of the ingredients to mingle and become something nourishing, satisfying and uplifting. Olivia Marcano understands the power of soup, especially the soups of her home country, Venezuela. That's why she's turning lunch every Friday at Comal Heritage Food Incubator into Venezuelan soup day.
Comal was founded by Focus Points Family Resource Center to give women in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods the opportunity to learn how to run their own food-service businesses. Most of the week, Mexican dishes are on the menu, but Fridays have been reserved for the cuisine of other countries. At one point, Syrian cooking from the mother-daughter team of Vian Al-nidawi and Sara Nassr was the Friday special, but the two graduated from the program and now run their own catering and home-delivery company, Zaki Mediterranean Cuisine.