Soup

Beet soup plated

Chilled Beetroot & Cucumber Soup (a.k.a. Holodnik)

This is my humble attempt to recreate the favorite summer treat of all children I knew when I was growing up (and many adults as well) – Chilled Beetroot & Cucumber Soup. When the mercury rises, this amazingly beautiful soup with its magenta hue and refreshing taste will satisfy your […]

 
The best wild porcini soup

Porcini & Barley Soup

Delicious, flavorful and hearty, this traditional porcini & barley soup is the most favorite soup of many Russian, Belorussian and Ukrainian folks. If you try it once, you will want to make it again and again. Dried porcini add a unique and complex aroma to broth that cannot be compared […]