“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 ...

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 ...

From the classic barszcz beet soup to a creamy mushroom chowder served in an edible bread bowl, Polish soups are enchanting. During a visit to Poland in the fall of 1998, I learned that soup is ...

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 ...

For a few moments, tension hung heavy inside the kitchen at Our Lady of the Springs Catholic Church. Out in the parish hall, 100-plus guests were diving into dinner. They had nibbled their pickled ...