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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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Khoresh-e Gheymeh-ye Lapeh — Persian Split Pea and Tomato Stew with Dried Lime
Middle Eastern Fast With Oil

Khoresh-e Gheymeh-ye Lapeh — Persian Split Pea and Tomato Stew with Dried Lime

Gheymeh is one of Iran's beloved stews — traditionally built on small cubes of meat, but the yellow split peas were a...
Adas Polo — Persian Lentil Rice with Dates and Caramelized Onion
Middle Eastern Fast With Oil

Adas Polo — Persian Lentil Rice with Dates and Caramelized Onion

Adas polo layers tender brown lentils through fluffy saffron rice, then studs the whole thing with sweet dates and ra...
Āsh-e Reshteh — Persian Bean, Lentil, and Noodle Soup
Middle Eastern Fast With Oil

Āsh-e Reshteh — Persian Bean, Lentil, and Noodle Soup

Āsh-e reshteh is the great green soup of Persia — thick with chickpeas, kidney beans, and lentils, threaded with whea...
Nasi Goreng with Tofu and Sambal
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Nasi Goreng with Tofu and Sambal

Nasi goreng is Indonesia's national fried rice, and the fasting version loses nothing. Day-old rice is stir-fried har...
Gado-Gado — Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce
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Gado-Gado — Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce

Gado-gado means "mix-mix," and that is exactly what it is: a generous platter of blanched and raw vegetables, fried t...
Tempe Sambal Goreng — Indonesian Fried Tempeh in Chili Tomato Sauce
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Tempe Sambal Goreng — Indonesian Fried Tempeh in Chili Tomato Sauce

Sambal goreng tempe is the kind of dish that makes you understand why tempeh exists. Cubes of nutty, fermented soybea...
Undhiyu — Gujarati Winter Vegetable and Bean Casserole
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Undhiyu — Gujarati Winter Vegetable and Bean Casserole

Undhiyu is Gujarat's great winter feast in a single pot — surti papdi (broad flat beans), purple yam, baby potatoes, ...
Pesarattu — Andhra Green Gram Crepes with Ginger and Chili
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Pesarattu — Andhra Green Gram Crepes with Ginger and Chili

Pesarattu is a dosa made not from rice and urad but from whole green mung beans, which means it arrives at the table ...
Avial — Kerala Mixed Vegetables in Coconut and Curry Leaf
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Avial — Kerala Mixed Vegetables in Coconut and Curry Leaf

Avial is the centerpiece of the Kerala sadya, the great banana-leaf feast, and it earns that place. A medley of firm ...
Açorda Alentejana de Grão — Portuguese Garlic Bread Soup with Chickpeas
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Açorda Alentejana de Grão — Portuguese Garlic Bread Soup with Chickpeas

Açorda is the Alentejo's answer to having almost nothing in the house and eating like a king anyway — stale bread, a ...
Farinata Genovese — Ligurian Chickpea Pancake with Rosemary
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Farinata Genovese — Ligurian Chickpea Pancake with Rosemary

Farinata is the genius of Liguria reduced to four ingredients: chickpea flour, water, olive oil, and salt, baked scre...
Escalivada con Alubias Blancas — Catalan Charred Vegetables with White Beans
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Escalivada con Alubias Blancas — Catalan Charred Vegetables with White Beans

Escalivada is the Catalan art of charring vegetables whole until their skins blacken and their flesh turns sweet and ...
Lentejas a la Española — Spanish Lentil Stew with Smoked Paprika
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Lentejas a la Española — Spanish Lentil Stew with Smoked Paprika

Lentejas is the everyday stew of Spanish home kitchens — a deep, brick-red pot of brown lentils built on a sofrito of...
Kapusniak z Kvasoleyu — Ukrainian Sauerkraut and White Bean Soup
Romanian Fast With Oil

Kapusniak z Kvasoleyu — Ukrainian Sauerkraut and White Bean Soup

Kapusniak is the sour cabbage soup that holds the Ukrainian winter table together. The sourness of sauerkraut against...
Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
General Fast With Oil

Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika

Hungarians know that goulash was never really about the meat — it was about the paprika, the lard-soft onions, and th...
Japchae con Tofu — Korean Glass Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables
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Japchae con Tofu — Korean Glass Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables

Japchae is the glossy, sweet-savory glass-noodle dish that crowns every Korean celebration — springy sweet potato sta...
Frijoles Negros a la Cubana — Cuban Black Beans and Rice
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Frijoles Negros a la Cubana — Cuban Black Beans and Rice

Cuban black beans are slow-simmered until the broth turns thick and almost velvety, perfumed with a sofrito of green ...
Feijoada Vegana — Brazilian Black Bean and Smoked Tofu Stew
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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...
Dan Dan Mian — Sichuan Tofu and Sesame Noodles
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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...
Chestnut and Dried Fruit Plov — Azerbaijani Lenten Rice Pilaf
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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...
Topik — Armenian Chickpea and Potato Lenten Dumpling
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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 ...
Cà Ri Chay — Vietnamese Yellow Coconut Curry with Seitan and Sweet Potato
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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...
Laksa Lemak — Malaysian Coconut Noodle Soup with Tofu Puffs
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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...
Khao Soi — Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodles with Crispy Tofu
Thai Fast With Oil

Khao Soi — Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodles with Crispy Tofu

Khao Soi is the great noodle dish of Chiang Mai — a deep, golden coconut curry broth poured over soft egg-free wheat ...
Ghiveci de Post cu Fasole — Romanian Bean and Vegetable Stew
Romanian Fast With Oil

Ghiveci de Post cu Fasole — Romanian Bean and Vegetable Stew

Romanian ghiveci is a slow-cooked garden in a pot — but the de post version made for the long fasts leans on beans to...

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