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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

There is an old Ukrainian proverb that states: "Borscht is the center of everything." Two weeks after the war in Ukraine started, I met Daria Antonovska. When we first met, she had been a student at ...

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 ...

Sometimes I shop for groceries with a specific recipe in mind, but more often I head to the market and let the ingredients speak to me. A recent trip had me loading my bags with a gorgeous array of ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ukrainian-born Alla Yakimiv’s heart breaks seeing the images coming out of her native country. She still has extended family there and is working with her community to send ...