Cold beet borscht, one of my favorite summer soups, is an Eastern European classic, but it has been a staple in many American kitchens for years. The following recipe is a far cry from the bottled ...

I don't much go for the trappings of Valentine's Day, but I do appreciate the excuse to cook something brilliantly, undeniably pink. Most often that means playing with beets, and this year I'm ...

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 ...

Note: You can vary the vegetables in this creamy cream-free soup and play with the seasonings, too. A dollop of whole-milk yogurt can give it a silky body, if desired. The soup reheats beautifully; ...

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 ...

Fueled by the cold beet soup she learned to make as a girl in Poland, Aldona Stungys is a marathoner, a world traveler, champion folk dancer and an inspiration to those she leads in aerobics classes ...