Culinary researcher Asami Kuchio, who is also a photo essayist, creates recipes inspired by dishes she comes across while traveling overseas. In Lithuania she found the perfect dish: chilled ...

Forget the traditional cabbage soup diet! A 2023 study reveals a new diet soup diet with borscht-inspired beet soup that not only accelerates weight loss but also increases muscle strength by 350 ...

Beets of all varieties (red, gold, striped Chioggia) are the sweetest member of the vegetable kingdom. Their natural sugars work almost like an antifreeze, lowering the freezing point of water in the ...

Note: You can vary the vegetables in this creamy cream-free soup and play with the seasonings, too. A dollop of whole-milk yogurt can give it a silky body, if desired. The soup reheats beautifully; ...

I don't much go for the trappings of Valentine's Day, but I do appreciate the excuse to cook something brilliantly, undeniably pink. Most often that means playing with beets, and this year I'm ...

I spent my early childhood in Shanghai, where my food tastes and preferences got an early jump start, thanks to my grandmothers — mom’s mother Granny, from Iraq; and Baba, my father’s Russian mother.

I've always been very proud of my half-Icelandic, half-Irish heritage. I grew up in Dublin with a sister, an Irish father and a mother from Iceland. I count myself fortunate in that ours was a happy ...

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 ...

Vilnius, Lithuania, hosts the vibrant Pink Soup Fest, a celebration of the beloved beetroot soup šaltibarščiai that drew 93,000 visitors in 2025. The festival features pink-themed parades, costumes, ...

Beetroot and broccoli are some of the most nutritious vegetables filled with a burst of vital vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. When used together in food, these two vegetables not only add flavor ...