Georgian
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Churchkhela-Inspired Walnut Energy Bites
Churchkhela — walnuts strung on a thread and dipped in thickened grape juice — takes days to make properly. These no-...
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Today's Fast
April 11, 2026
Lenten Fast — Wine is Allowed
Great and Holy Saturday
Hieromartyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum / Holy Martyrs Processus and Martinian (1st c.)
Troparion: Great and Holy Saturday: Tone II. Noble Joseph ... When Thou, the Deathless Life, didst go down to death, then didst Thou slay hell by the lightning flash of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst raise...
Fasting Recipes
Georgian
Fast Without Oil
Лобио с грецкими орехами (Lobio Salad with Walnuts)
If hot lobio is winter comfort, this cold version is the dish you want on a warm spring fasting day. Cooked kidney be...
Georgian
Fast Without Oil
Пхали из свёклы (Beet Pkhali)
Beet pkhali is the ruby-red jewel of the Georgian fasting table. The technique is identical to spinach pkhali — cooke...
Georgian
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Пхали из шпината (Spinach Pkhali)
Pkhali is one of the great techniques of Georgian cuisine: cooked vegetables bound with a dense, garlicky walnut past...
Georgian
Fast Without Oil
Ткемали (Tkemali — Georgian Sour Plum Sauce)
Tkemali is to Georgian cooking what ketchup is to American cooking, except that it is vastly more interesting and has...
Georgian
Fast Without Oil
Georgian Lobio Without Oil
Lobio is the soul of Georgian cooking — red kidney beans simmered with an extraordinary amount of fresh herbs, garlic...
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