Since the first year that I signed up for a winter CSA share, I’ve been experimenting with borscht; the Eastern European, beet-based soup. It’s a great, tasty way to use up a variety of hearty root ...

Borscht was never a dish I looked forward to. It always felt heavy, overly earthy, or strangely unbalanced, until I tried it ...

GHENT, N.Y. — The challenge seemed simple enough: Take the motley crew of beets I managed to extract from my garden this summer and turn them into borscht, the hearty Ukrainian beet soup. So, I went ...

From Yahoo Food’s Cookbook of the Week: Oma & Bella Rinse off the meat and pat it dry with a cloth. Cut it into bite-sized pieces and place in a large pot with enough water to fully cover. Bring the ...

This is Ukrainian borscht made the traditional way, using real bone broth instead of shortcuts. Slow cooking allows the ...

Nowadays, no matter what our ancestry, our kids want to eat chicken satay as they do in the cafe down the street, our spouses want to serve a pesto as good as the one sampled on vacation in Liguria ...

My paternal bloodline brims with soup: barley stews studded with black mushrooms and opaque as porridge; the thin tomato broth of our Polish Christmas Eve vigil, swimming with dumplings no bigger than ...

If you look up the world barszcz in the dictionary, two meanings are listed: firstly, barszcz is a soured soup (zupa na zakwasie) or a portion of this soup; secondly, it’s hogweed – a plant with big ...

The number of variations of red beet soup seem endless. I adore the earthiness of this wonderful vegetable soup which can be served hot or cold, vegan or not. It's a staple of eastern Europe cuisine, ...

To the uninitiated, borscht is a humble, reddish beet soup, often served with a generous dollop of sour cream on top. But in its simplicity is a cultural significance that transcends borders, one that ...