It’s not just potato and tomatoes that we have to thank the New World for. On one of his voyages, Christopher Columbus returned to Europe from the Americas with … pumpkins. At first they were only used to feed livestock with, but soon people grew fond of this vegetable. The first to really experiment with pumpkin were the French – it’s believed that it was in France that people first started making pumpkin. Today, pumpkin soup is eaten all over the world, but different countries and regions have their own, characteristic recipes. In Australia, for example, it’s heavily spiced, whilst in England it’s made with apples and onion. In Italy, wine is added, and in the homeland of the dish, France, they use chicken stock, butter and cream! RTG TV host Igor Vukolov has not only mastered the French recipe, he’s also added a few secret touches of his own that have town his pumpkin cream soup into a masterpiece. And he’s ready to share those secrets in the Geography of Taste.