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Xerophagy
Gazpacho-Style Raw Tomato Soup
Traditional Spanish gazpacho contains olive oil and bread. This xerophagy version strips it back to its raw essence: ...
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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
Other
Xerophagy
Fresh Fruit and Nut Plate with Honey
This is not so much a recipe as a philosophy of eating: take what is fresh and in season, pair it with raw nuts and h...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Постный Борщ — Fasting Borscht
Fasting borscht is not a lesser version of the meat original — it is its own magnificent dish, and in many Russian an...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Zucchini Noodles with Tomato and Fresh Basil
Spiralized raw zucchini dressed with crushed tomatoes, garlic, basil, and salt is the closest thing xerophagy has to ...
Other
Xerophagy
Stuffed Celery Boats with Almond Butter and Raisins
Ants on a log. That is what Americans call this when they make it with peanut butter for children. But strip away the...
Other
Xerophagy
Overnight Soaked Oats with Berries and Almonds
Here is the xerophagy controversy you will encounter online: are overnight oats "cooked"? The answer, practically spe...
Middle Eastern
Xerophagy
Raw Bread Salad with Tomatoes and Herbs (Fattoush-Style)
Fattoush is the great Levantine bread salad — torn pita mixed with tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, and herbs in a suma...
Middle Eastern
Xerophagy
Walnut and Fig Balls with Cinnamon and Honey
These are the sweet, dense, energy-packed bites that get you through the long services of Holy Week when your body is...
Other
Fast Without Oil
West African Peanut Stew Without Oil
West African peanut stew — called maafe in Mali and Senegal, nkatenkwan in Ghana — is one of the great legume-based s...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Steamed Vegetable Dumplings
Chinese jiaozi — dumplings — are one of the great engineering feats of home cooking: a thin wheat wrapper enclosing a...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Japanese Soba Noodles in Dashi Broth with Vegetables
Soba — buckwheat noodles in hot dashi broth — is one of the most elegant simple meals in Japanese cuisine and one of ...
Romanian
Fast Without Oil
Polenta with Water-Sauteed Mushroom Ragu
Mamaliga — polenta — is the staff of life in Romanian cooking, and during Lent it replaces bread at most meals. Cooke...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Shrimp Boil with Corn and Potatoes
A proper Southern shrimp boil is one of the most satisfying one-pot meals in American cooking, and it requires absolu...
Other
Fast With Oil
Spanish Patatas Bravas with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Patatas bravas is the essential Spanish tapa — crispy fried potato cubes served with a bold, smoky-spicy tomato sauce...
Other
Fast With Oil
West African Jollof Rice with Vegetables
Jollof rice is the undisputed king of West African celebration food — a one-pot rice dish cooked in a concentrated to...
Other
Fast With Oil
Indian Palak Tofu (Spinach and Tofu Curry)
Palak paneer is one of the most beloved dishes in North Indian cuisine — cubes of fresh cheese suspended in a vibrant...
Other
Fast With Oil
Mexican Black Bean Enchiladas with Cashew Crema
Enchiladas are the heart of Mexican home cooking — tortillas dipped in sauce, filled, rolled, sauced again, and baked...
Other
Fast With Oil
Vietnamese Pho with Tofu and Fresh Herbs
Pho is Vietnam's national soup, and the vegetarian version — pho chay — is eaten widely during Buddhist fasting days ...
Greek
Fast With Fish
Greek Shrimp in Tomato Sauce with Herbs (Garides Saganaki)
Garides saganaki is one of the great Greek taverna dishes — plump shrimp baked in a bubbling, herb-spiked tomato sauc...
Other
Fast With Fish
Vietnamese Caramelized Fish in Clay Pot (Ca Kho To)
Ca kho to is Vietnamese home cooking at its most elemental — fish steaks braised in a dark caramel sauce with fish sa...
Other
Fast With Fish
Portuguese Salt Cod with Potatoes and Onions (Bacalhau a Bras Style)
Bacalhau a Bras is one of Portugal's most beloved salt cod dishes — shredded salt cod tangled with crispy matchstick ...
Other
Fast With Fish
Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon)
Haemul pajeon is the Korean seafood pancake — a crispy, golden disc loaded with scallions, shrimp, squid, and whateve...
Other
Fast With Fish
Jamaican Escovitch Fish with Pickled Vegetables
Escovitch fish is Jamaica's answer to escabeche — whole fish fried until shatteringly crisp, then draped in a tangle ...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Cozonac de Post — Fasting Sweet Bread
Cozonac is Romania's beloved holiday sweet bread, and the fasting version is a triumph of technique over restriction....
Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Baba Ghanoush (بابا غنوج) — Smoky Roasted Eggplant Dip
Baba ghanoush is the smoky, silky cousin of hummus — roasted eggplant mashed with tahini, lemon, and garlic into a di...
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