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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Spring detox beetroot soup with mint, chia, flax and pumpkin seeds in blue ceramic bowl over grey concrete background, square crop. Dieting, clean eating, vegan, vegetarian, weight loss food concept ...

I’VE written before about the equal pleasure and pain of a weekly veg box delivery. As the winter months arrive — bringing with them the boxes of roots week after week — you find your resolve to eat ...

It started one January, during that post-holiday period when you need to nourish the soul but at the same time whittle off the residue of holiday truffles still riding on your hips. I wandered into my ...

Chukandar, or beetroot, is a winter superfood. It boosts immunity and aids digestion. Beetroot improves blood flow and keeps blood pressure in check. It also gives skin a natural glow and acts as a ...

My Mum started making beetroot soup for dinner parties in the 1980s and back then I thought the vivid pink concoction was the epitome of chic. I still do, and love it that something so stunning can be ...