A Korean Soup Gets Italian Touches in Chicago

At Chicago’s Passerotto, chef-owner Jennifer Kim fuses the dishes of her childhood with Italian and Midwest influences, a concept that’s deliciously illustrated through her seolleongtang tortelloni.

“One of my fondest memories from growing up is going with my dad and brother to a Korean restaurant in a strip mall in the Chicago suburbs for seolleongtang, a traditional Korean ox bone soup,” Kim says. “Passerotto is a Korean...