Will it soup? Lasagna edition.

By Christina Morales, The New York Times

For more than a century, Americans have adapted dishes with Italian roots like fettuccine Alfredo, chicken Parmesan and spaghetti with meatballs. Lasagna soup is the latest, a recipe that aims to take the work out of making the pasta casserole by mixing its components into a one-pot soup.

For its current moment in the spotlight, it can thank a Lego train. Last year, a TikTok account tried to determine how many sheets of lasagna it would take to stop the toy locomotive (24, as it turns out). Danny Freeman, who posts as @dannylovespasta on social media, responded with a video from his kitchen in Beacon, New York. He tossed broken lasagna into a soup of marinara and ground beef and stirred it together.

A few days later, singer SZA made a request: “RECIPE PLEASE KING,” and Freeman posted it. With more than 21 million views, Freeman’s version has become the foundation for dozens of online recreations ...