Meat features in many borsch recipes. However, Ukranian chef Ievgen Klopotenko makes a vegetarian version with potatoes, red beans and cabbage – and of course, beetroot as the star. Cooks and wait ...

To the average person, Russians broadcasting about borsch may seem obvious and innocuous, but not so for Ukrainians, who consider the soup to be their national dish. Soup should never be your go-to ...

Shutterstock / Vostock-Photo Borsch, one of Russia’s most famous dishes, is also a topic for dispute and fertile ground for experiment and creative cooking. Famous chefs in Moscow share their views on ...

This dish is common to many Slavic peoples, and they all consider theirs to be the one true recipe. In fact, a dish by that name has been cooked by East Slavs since time immemorial (well almost, it ...

Ukraine's culture of cooking borsch, the hearty soup with beets and cabbage, has made it to UNESCO's list of heritage traditions "in need of urgent safeguarding" because of Russia's invasion. Often ...

Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko poses with a tray of Pampushky bread in his kitchen in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 5, 2023. Klopotenko has been outspoken during the Russian invasion in promoting national ...

Ukrainian Culture Minister Alexander Tkachenko has declared victory. A victory in the “war for borsch,” that is. First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emine Dzheppar rejoiced, “Borsch is ...

A chef famous in Ukraine for championing the nation's cuisine sees his cooking as part of the anti-Russian resistance. To Ukraine now, where people have mostly stayed calm amidst the threat of a ...