Russian
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Солянка Постная — Fasting Solyanka
Solyanka is the soup that proves fasting food can be bold, complex, and deeply savory all at once. This version build...
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Today's Fast
May 31, 2026
No Fast
8th Sunday of Pascha: Feast of the Holy Trinity
Apostle Hermes of the Seventy
Troparion: Pentecost: Tone VIII. Blessed art Thou, Christ our God, Who didst make the fishermen wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them didst draw the world into Thy net. Lover of men...
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Maamoul — Semolina Cookies with Date and Nut Fillings
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Xerophagy
Dates Stuffed with Walnuts
This is a Middle Eastern monastic staple that has sustained desert monks for centuries. Medjool dates are nature's ca...
Russian
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Solyanka with Mushrooms and Olives
Solyanka is one of Russia's great soups — tangy, salty, smoky, and layered with bold flavors that hit every corner of...
Other
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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...
Greek
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Φασολάκια / Fasolakia (Green Beans in Tomato Sauce)
Fasolakia is one of the foundational ladera dishes — green beans braised long and slow in tomato sauce and olive oil ...
Romanian
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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....
Other
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Giardiniera (Italian Mixed Pickled Vegetables)
Giardiniera — "the gardener's pickle" — is the Italian answer to the question of what to do with the end-of-season ga...
Other
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Focaccia al Rosmarino with Olives (Italian Fasting Flatbread)
Focaccia is the most forgiving bread in the world. It wants a lot of olive oil, a lot of salt, and a sharp oven. It d...
Middle Eastern
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Fattet Hummus — Layered Chickpea and Bread Dish
Fatteh is the ultimate pantry-raid meal: crispy torn bread, warm spiced chickpeas, a tangy tahini sauce, and toasted ...
Other
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Mexican Pozole Verde with Hominy and Pepitas
Pozole is one of Mexico's most ancient dishes — a ceremonial soup built around hominy, the giant kernels of nixtamali...
Middle Eastern
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Fatteh with Eggplant
Fatteh is the Middle Eastern art of layering crispy bread with saucy things on top, and it is one of the most textura...
Other
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Ceviche with Shrimp and Fish
Ceviche is raw fish "cooked" in citrus acid — the lime juice denatures the proteins and turns the flesh opaque and fi...
Other
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Shrimp Scampi with Pasta
Shrimp scampi is one of the fastest luxury meals you can make — large shrimp sautéed in a flood of garlic, white wine...
Thai
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Tom Kha with Tofu — Coconut Galangal Soup
Tom kha is the gentler, creamier sibling of tom yum — a coconut milk soup perfumed with galangal, lemongrass, and lim...
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
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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...
Georgian
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Постное Харчо (Fasting Kharcho Soup)
Traditional kharcho is a beef soup. The fasting version drops the meat and compensates with an abundance of walnuts, ...
Other
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Moroccan Fish Tagine with Preserved Lemons
A Moroccan tagine with fish is a stunning one-pot meal — chunks of firm white fish braised in a spiced tomato and oli...
Georgian
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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...
Romanian
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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
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Ethiopian Misir Wot (Spiced Red Lentil Stew with Berbere)
Misir wot is Ethiopia's definitive fasting dish — fiery red lentils stewed in a sauce built on berbere spice and cara...
Serbian
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Podvarak Posni — Fasting Sauerkraut Bake
Podvarak is Serbia's baked sauerkraut dish, traditionally made with pork. The fasting version leans into the sauerkra...
Romanian
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Dovlecel la Cuptor (Romanian Oven-Roasted Zucchini with Garlic)
Romanians have an unshakable love for zucchini, and this is the simplest, most satisfying expression of it. Thick rou...
Thai
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Panang Curry with Seitan and Green Beans
Panang curry is thicker and richer than its red and green cousins — less soupy, more like a thick, clinging sauce. Th...
Romanian
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Ciorbă de Legume (Vegetable Sour Soup)
Ciorbă is the soul of Romanian cooking — a sour, brothy soup that appears on every table, fasting or not. This vegeta...
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