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Doenjang Jjigae — Korean Soybean Paste and Tofu Stew
Doenjang jjigae is the everyday stew of the Korean table — a bubbling earthenware pot of fermented soybean paste brot...
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Today's Fast
July 16, 2026
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Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
Troparion: Holy Martyr Hyacinth: Tone IV. In his suffering, O Lord,/ Thy martyr Hyacinth received an imperishable crown from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ he set at nought the tormentors and cr...
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Feijoada Vegana — Brazilian Black Bean and Smoked Tofu Stew
Feijoada is Brazil's national dish, a deep, smoky black bean stew that simmers all afternoon and feeds a table for da...
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Dan Dan Mian — Sichuan Tofu and Sesame Noodles
Dan dan noodles are Sichuan street food at its most addictive — chewy wheat noodles pooled in a slick of chili oil, b...
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Chestnut and Dried Fruit Plov — Azerbaijani Lenten Rice Pilaf
Azerbaijani plov is built in layers — fragrant saffron rice steamed to separate grains, served alongside a sweet-savo...
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Lobya Borani — Azerbaijani Green Bean and White Bean Stew
Lobya is the Azerbaijani way with beans — here both fresh green beans and creamy white beans are simmered together wi...
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Topik — Armenian Chickpea and Potato Lenten Dumpling
Topik is a Lenten showpiece from the Armenian table of Constantinople — a smooth shell of mashed chickpea and potato ...
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Vospov Kofte — Armenian Red Lentil and Bulgur Patties
Vospov kofte are the workhorse of the Armenian Lenten table — red lentils cooked down to a soft mash, kneaded with fi...
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Sprouted Mung Bean Salad with Lemon, Chili, and Ginger
Sprouting transforms a dried mung bean into something crisp, sweet, and alive — and it nearly doubles the available p...
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Sinigang na Bangus — Filipino Sour Tamarind Soup with Milkfish
Sinigang is the comforting sour soup at the heart of Filipino home cooking — a clear, tamarind-soured broth crowded w...
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Cà Ri Chay — Vietnamese Yellow Coconut Curry with Seitan and Sweet Potato
Cà ri chay is Vietnam's fragrant yellow curry — lighter and brighter than its Thai cousins, built on lemongrass, curr...
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Laksa Lemak — Malaysian Coconut Noodle Soup with Tofu Puffs
Laksa lemak is the kind of bowl you build your evening around — a thick, spice-paste coconut broth singing with lemon...
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No-Oil Mushroom and Bean Stew Braised in Their Own Liquor
Mushrooms are the no-oil cook's best friend: as they heat, they release their own dark, savory liquid, and if you let...
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Kala Chana — Bengali-Style Black Chickpeas with Potato
Kala chana — small, dark brown chickpeas — are nuttier, firmer, and more mineral than the pale kind, and they hold up...
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Sri Lankan Parippu — Coconut and Red Lentil Curry
Parippu is the dal that appears on every Sri Lankan table — red lentils simmered soft in coconut milk, perfumed with ...
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Chana Saag — Chickpea and Spinach Masala
This is what happens when you put chickpeas and a mountain of spinach into the same pot and let them get to know each...
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Rajma — Punjabi Red Kidney Bean Curry
Rajma is the curry that North Indian children grow up on — kidney beans simmered until they are creamy, in an onion-t...
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Sambar — South Indian Toor Dal and Tamarind Stew
Sambar is the everyday backbone of South Indian cooking — a tamarind-soured lentil stew thick with toor dal and studd...
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Pasta e Ceci — Roman Pasta and Chickpea Stew with Rosemary
Pasta e ceci is Rome's other great pasta-and-bean soup, less famous abroad than pasta e fagioli but every bit as belo...
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Garbanzos con Espinacas — Spanish Chickpeas and Spinach with Smoked Paprika
This Andalusian classic — garbanzos con espinacas — is what Seville eats during Lent, and it is proof that fasting fo...
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Mapo Tofu, Fasting-Style (Mushroom Mala Tofu)
Mapo tofu is Sichuan cooking at full volume: numbing, spicy, savory, and slick with chili oil, with cubes of soft tof...
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Agedashi Tofu in Ginger Dashi
Agedashi tofu is a small miracle of texture: blocks of tofu dusted in potato starch and fried until the outside is sh...
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Sundubu Jjigae — Korean Soft Tofu Stew (No-Oil Fast Day)
Sundubu jjigae arrives at the table still violently bubbling in its stone pot, fiery red and fragrant with gochugaru ...
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Shiro Wot — Ethiopian Spiced Chickpea Flour Stew
Shiro is the everyday backbone of Ethiopian fasting cooking — and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians fast more than almost...
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Tinga de Setas — Smoky Chipotle Mushroom and Bean Tacos
Tinga is one of the great street foods of Puebla — strands of meat braised in a smoky, sweet-sour sauce of tomato, on...
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Saba Shioyaki — Japanese Salt-Grilled Mackerel
Saba shioyaki is the quiet backbone of the Japanese home meal: a mackerel fillet salted, rested, and grilled until th...
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