Classic French Onion Soup

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I saw a recipe for French onion soup recently (must have been this one in The Times), and knew I had to write about the classic dish. Because it was French onion soup weather? Well, it certainly became that in New York City with two snowy days in one week and the most snowfall Central Park has seen in two years. That is a reason to make it, but not to w…