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 ...

Skip meat and serve beets for your next meal. Thick-cut vegetables are all you’ll need for this dish and it’s hearty enough to serve as a main course. This simple Russian beet soup combines beets, ...

This borscht is such a favorite at Gavi's Restaurant in downtown Louisville that some loyal customers are alerted via email when it is on the menu. While this institution run by Russian immigrants is ...

With its humble, peasant origins and a color that's suspiciously scarlet, it's no wonder that most American eaters turn up their noses at the idea of beet soup. Even its name -- borscht -- sounds ...

Whether it’s in celebration of the Winter Olympics in Sochi or simply because it seems like a good idea on a cool evening, doesn’t a nice bowl of borscht sound good right now? It’s a good thing there ...

Perhaps I’m giving away my age when I tell you that I vividly remember the last time Russia hosted the Olympics. Of course, back in the summer of 1980, it was still the Soviet Union and the Cold War ...

This version of the Russian staple soup uses roasted beets. (The NOLA.com/Times-Picayune archive) An immersion blender is a much easier way to puree the soup, rather ...

Back to the potential power of beets again today, starting with this recipe and letter from Marysville cook Maalka Mednikoff, who refers to the soup mentioned in earlier Forum columns. “In Poland,” ...

Russia's Soviet days are well behind it, but if you're headed to Sochi for the Winter Olympics, your dining options will still run deep red — as in borscht. Organizers in Sochi expect to serve 70,000 ...