Serve alongside Spicy Black Bean Dip and Mexican Wedding Cookies

The summer I lived in LA, I was a total sucker for California Pizza Kitchen. Their Spinach Artichoke Dip and BBQ Chicken Pizza were a surefire way of assimilating into So-Cal culture—discussing the deliciousness of these items provided the same kind of bonding experience as complaining about the subway humidity in New York when the temperature climbed over 90 degrees in June. But while I squandered a good many of my days’ calories on these items at lunchtime, it was the tortilla soup…