Dear SOS: In the heat of August, I stopped for lunch at Paper or Plastik Cafe. I had the most amazing cold borscht. It was light and refreshing and full-flavored and, like my bubby’s, only distilled ...

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 ...

Discover a borscht recipe that transforms this classic beet soup into a flavour-packed, irresistible dish. Even those who never enjoyed borscht will fall in love with its rich, tangy, and slightly ...

Want to eat like an Olympian? A good place to start would be a hearty bowl of borscht, as a jaw-dropping 70,000 gallons will be served at this year's Winter games. Varieties of this Eastern European ...

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 ...

With its humble, peasant origins and a color that's suspiciously scarlet, it's no wonder that most American eaters turn up their noses at the idea of beet soup. Even its name -- borscht -- sounds ...

Beets are packed with nutrition and are a main ingredient of borscht, a Ukrainian beet soup. Deb Lindsey Deb Lindsey/The Washington Post At a recent lunch, friends and I were discussing foods we saw ...

Russia's Soviet days are well behind it, but if you're headed to Sochi for the Winter Olympics, your dining options will still run deep red — as in borscht. Organizers in Sochi expect to serve 70,000 ...