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 ...

Given the times we are living in, I want to share one of my most treasured cold-weather recipes with you. Preparing this helps me to send prayers to those Ukrainians who are suffering so much. It may ...

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 ...

Sausage borscht. This classic dish from Russia and much of Eastern Europe not only is a great way to eat a ton of vegetables, it also can be incredibly delicious. Borscht is woefully underappreciated ...

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 ...