French Onion Pasta is inspired by famous French Onion Soup, but instead of cheesy bread, pasta is used! There are two competing legends about the origin of French Onion Soup. The first legend claims King Louis XV returned home from hunting to practically bare cupboards.  All his cook could find were onions, butter, and champagne so they were thrown into a pot and French Onion Soup was born. The second legend claims Nicolas Appert (inventor of canning) prepared the soup at the hotel kitchen of La Pomme d’Or in Châlons-en-Champagne, when the Duke of Lorraine stopped in on his way to the Palace of Versailles. The duke was so spellbound by the soup that he left his chambers in his bathrobe to rush to the kitchen to learn the recipe for French Onion Soup so he could take it back to his court.  Appert dedicates his French Onion Soup recipe in his 1831 cookbook to the duke.