From the classic barszcz beet soup to a creamy mushroom chowder served in an edible bread bowl, Polish soups are enchanting. During a visit to Poland in the fall of 1998, I learned that soup is ...

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 ...

Beet soup, or borscht, is a classic Russian dish, but the ruby-red potage might even be more popular in Poland. That’s why Edward Kutas has barszcz (pronounced “basht”) in a prominent place on the ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, Marek Prusaczyk, 60, was boiling about 40 pounds of beets for the traditional Polish cold beet soup that he seasons with dill, scallions and buttermilk at Pyza in ...

No one made a face at the barszcz or Polish beet soup, though. The deeply savory orange broth – which starts life as the water kielbasa’s cooked in – hid firm beets and other vegetables. It had a ...