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 ...

Cold beet borscht, one of my favorite summer soups, is an Eastern European classic, but it has been a staple in many American kitchens for years. The following recipe is a far cry from the bottled ...

There was a time when I would scoff at those little packages of precooked beets next to the boxed salad greens at the grocery store. Why pay a premium for extra plastic when it’s easy to cook raw ...

There are a lot of things we don't agree on these days. Yet, a steaming bowl of soup on a cold winter night is almost universally agreed upon to be good for the soul. Cooks from every corner of 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 ...

Anna Sakawsky, a fourth-generation Ukrainian Canadian, says she grew up eating foods like borscht and pierogi, made with recipes handed down by her great-grandmother. (Photo: Anna Sakawsky) Anna ...

½ leek sliced 1 red onion chopped 2 carrots chopped 1 medium sweet potato chopped 2 beets chopped 2 cups cabbage thinly sliced 8 cups vegetable stock 2 tbsp. olive oil Heat oil in large soup pot. Add ...

This column was first published on Feb. 16, 2022. There are a lot of things we don’t agree on these days. Yet, a steaming bowl of soup on a cold winter night is almost universally agreed upon to be ...