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Wild Mushroom (Porcini) Soup
Russians love to pick wild mushrooms, and porcini (aka boletes, king mushrooms, or ceps) are considered the best of all. These mushrooms are highly prized for their delicious earthy, smokey flavor. If...
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Kharcho – Spicy Georgian Walnut Soup
This hot and spicy Georgian soup has beef broth as its base and is thickened with walnuts and rice. The combination or the earthy walnut flavor and authentic Georgian spices makes this soup truly...
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Classic Borscht
Borscht is the quintessential Eastern European soup that is most often associated with Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. There are many variations: it can be made with beef or with pork, and with or...
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Hungarian Red Lentil and Smokie Soup
The warm spiciness of red lentils and the smoky flavor of the sausage – there is something about this flavor combination that makes this soup so comforting it’s simply irresistible! I also add just a...
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Red Pepper, Zucchini, and Kidney Bean Soup
This hearty soup is chock-full of tasty summer vegetables. I like to make this soup in August and September when veggie stores in Vancouver sell heaps of field-fresh multicolored peppers. My favorite...
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Corn, Avocado, and Lime Soup
This Mexican-themed soup is great in August when fresh corn is widely available. I wanted to counteract the sweetness of corn with lime juice, and used dried ancho pepper in the stock to add warm...
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Roasted Butternut Squash, Ginger, and Toasted Chickpeas Soup
This vibrant soup is full of comforting fall flavors: caramel notes from roasted squash, delicate spiciness of ginger, and the nutty flavors of toasted chickpeas. Pan-toasting chickpeas is really the...
View ArticleGoulash (Hungarian Beef Stew)
This super-tasty beef stew originates from Hungary, but we Russians have adopted it into out cuisine a long time ago. Now it's pretty much a staple in many Russian households. The key is using copious...
View ArticleOyster Stew
I made this stew after I bought a dozen of fresh oysters at Goose Point Oyster Farm in Washington State. They were much bigger than the usual medium size and therefore were not easy to be opened and...
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