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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you hear the word ‘borscht’ you might think of red beets, but many other ingredients can be part of this savory vegetable soup. After the vegetables have simmered in the broth for half an hour or ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marek Prusaczyk, 60, was boiling about 40 pounds of beets for the traditional Polish cold beet soup that he seasons with dill, scallions and buttermilk at Pyza in ...

IS IT BORSCHT OR SIMPLY BEET SOUP? Borscht has been on my mind lately, in part because Hanukkah began so early this year and a colleague wrote a piece about her annual fete, which always includes ...

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.