“Borscht” is what many American cooks will want to call this soup. But it couldn’t be more different from the sweet kinds that often represent the Russian borshch in American kitchens. It belongs to a ...

Hence, my beet soup is called just that, soup, not borscht, even though it shares certain ingredients -- potatoes, carrots, parsnips, beef stock and vinegar -- with the traditional soup. But there's ...

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 ...

Reader response to last week's column about my Polish grandmother's beet soup underscores the maxim that old recipes for ethnic foods are unique to families. The barszcz (Polish for borscht) I first ...

Borscht, or beet soup, is today’s topic. Some of you may have never tasted this soup, but in many Slavic and eastern European countries it is the “soup du jour.” It has also become popular in the ...

Beet soup, or borscht, is a classic Russian dish, but the ruby-red potage might even be more popular in Poland. That’s why Edward Kutas has barszcz (pronounced “basht”) in a prominent place on the ...

Almost every country has a signature dish anchored deep in its culture by way of ingredients that express its land, climate and character. In Ukraine, that dish is borsch: a sweet and sour beet soup ...

When sweet and sour converge in a bowl of ruby red borscht, the union is one of beautiful beet perfection. Stripped down, borscht is beet soup, but there are as many versions of borscht as there are ...

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 ...

To celebrate the 2018 World Cup, For The Win’s Ted Berg is sampling various World Cup countries’ cuisines in the New York City area. To recommend a dish or a restaurant, email [email protected].

Across the street from a Subway and a pair of large McDonald’s arches sits a small market: the Polish G.I Delicatessen (109 First Avenue; 212-982-7893). Boasting a purple awning outside and a window ...