8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity
Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
Beet kvass is the other kvass — the one without bread, the one that does not need yeast, the one that Ukrainian and s...
Kvass is the oldest Slavic fermented drink — predating Christianity in the region and thoroughly adopted by the Ortho...
Malosol'nie ogurtsy — "lightly salted cucumbers" — are the quintessential Russian summer pickle. Not a vinegar pickle...
The classic Russian sauerkraut. Carrots add sweetness and color; cranberries or lingonberries (klyukva or brusnika) a...
Marinated mushrooms are the most distinctly Russian of all pickles. Every autumn in every Russian forest, people harv...
If Russian black bread is the everyday loaf, Borodinsky is the famous one. Slightly sweetened with molasses, deeply a...
The dark, dense, sour loaf that has anchored the Russian fasting table for a thousand years. Not a wheat bread with r...
Shchi is the soul of the Russian table. The meat version is famous, but the fasting version — postnye shchi — is what...
Fasting borscht is not a lesser version of the meat original — it is its own magnificent dish, and in many Russian an...
Solyanka is one of Russia's great soups — tangy, salty, smoky, and layered with bold flavors that hit every corner of...
Ukha is one of the oldest dishes in Russian cuisine — a pristine, golden fish soup built from the bones and flesh of ...
Thick, golden, and almost absurdly filling, гороховый суп is the heavyweight champion of Russian fasting soups. Split...
Solyanka is the soup that proves fasting food can be bold, complex, and deeply savory all at once. This version build...
Mushroom and barley stew is the Russian grandmother's answer to the question of how to make something deeply satisfyi...
Рассольник gets its name from рассол — pickle brine — and that sour, salty tang is what makes this soup completely ad...
Buckwheat is practically a national staple in Russia and one of the best fasting grains — nutty, filling, and natural...
Винегрет is Russia's most beloved cold salad, and it happens to be naturally fasting-compatible. The combination of e...
Buckwheat kasha with mushrooms is the weeknight staple of Russian Lenten cooking — cheap, filling, deeply savory, and...
Handmade pierogi are a labor of love, but the fasting dough is actually easier to work with than the egg-based origin...
This is what Russian peasants and monks ate through Great Lent for centuries, and the reason it has persisted is that...
There is nothing fancy about жареная картошка с грибами, and that is entirely the point. Pan-fried potatoes with mush...
Кутья is among the most ancient dishes in Slavic Orthodox tradition, served on Christmas Eve (Сочельник), at memorial...
These small hand pies filled with braised cabbage are the pride of Russian fasting baking. The dough uses no eggs, no...
This is the Russian way with trout — straightforward and perfect. A whole trout (or fillets, if you prefer), stuffed ...
Dried forest mushrooms give this soup an almost meaty intensity that fresh mushrooms cannot match. Paired with pearl ...
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