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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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Today's Fast
October 16, 2026
Fast
Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite; Martyrs Rusticus the Presbyter and Eleutherius the Deacon; St John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea
Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite / Martyrs Rusticus the Presbyter and Eleutherius the Deacon / St John the Chozebite, Bishop of Caesarea
Troparion: St. Dionysius the Areopagite: Tone IV. Having learned goodness and been watchful in all things,/ arrayed as befitteth a priest, in a good conscience,/ thou didst draw forth ineffable things from th...
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Καλαμάρια με Πατάτες — Kalamari me Patates (Squid and Potato Stew in Tomato)
Greek
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Other
Xerophagy
Ruisleipä — Finnish Karelian Sour Rye Rounds
The sourest rye bread in Europe. Finnish ruisleipä is a 100% rye sourdough shaped into flat discs with a hole in the ...
Other
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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 ...
General
Xerophagy
No-Cook Sunflower-Date Energy Bars with Hemp and Cocoa
These bars are built for the hardest fasting days — no oil, no baking, no dairy, just dates pressed together with raw...
Greek
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Steamed Shrimp with Garlic and Lemon
Shellfish are permitted on every fasting day in the Orthodox calendar — they are invertebrates, not fish, and this di...
Other
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Japanese Edamame and Sesame Rice Bowl
This is a quiet, clean bowl of food — the kind of thing Japanese home cooks throw together when they want something n...
Other
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Pickled Beets with Horseradish (Ukrainian Style)
Ukrainian and southern Russian tradition — pickled beets with horseradish, called "khrin" when it is mostly horseradi...
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...
Middle Eastern
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Mussakhan — Palestinian Sumac Onion Flatbread
Mussakhan is Palestinian comfort food at its finest: a mountain of deeply caramelized onions seasoned with sumac and ...
Romanian
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Fasole Bătută (Mashed Bean Spread)
The great staple of Romanian fasting. Fasole bătută is what every Romanian grandmother makes when the fast begins — w...
Greek
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Λαγάνα — Lagana (Greek Clean Monday Flatbread)
Lagana is the bread of Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα), the first day of Great Lent in the Greek Orthodox tradition. By...
Other
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Camarones al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)
Garlic shrimp is one of the great quick-fire dishes of the Spanish and Mexican kitchen — shrimp sizzling in a pool of...
General
Xerophagy
Overnight Soaked Buckwheat Bowl with Apple, Walnut, and Cinnamon
Raw buckwheat groats turn soft and pleasantly chewy after a night in cold water — no cooking, no oil, no heat. By mor...
Georgian
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Churchkhela-Inspired Walnut Energy Bites
Churchkhela — walnuts strung on a thread and dipped in thickened grape juice — takes days to make properly. These no-...
Middle Eastern
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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...
Other
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Quick Pickled Red Onions
The single most useful pickle in any kitchen. Forty minutes from scratch, keeps a month in the fridge, brightens ever...
General
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Shrimp and White Bean Skillet with Garlic, Chili, and Lemon
Fifteen minutes from cold pan to table. Shellfish is permitted on many days when fish is not — in much of the Slavic ...
Serbian
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Пребранац / Prebranac (Serbian Baked Beans)
The national fasting dish of Serbia, full stop. Prebranac is white beans slow-baked with caramelized onions and papri...
Other
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Pasta Aglio e Olio with Wilted Greens
The five-ingredient weeknight meal that has bailed out every tired cook in every fasting season. Olive oil, garlic, c...
Other
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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...
Georgian
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Лобио (Lobio — Spiced Kidney Bean Stew)
Lobio is the beating heart of the Georgian fasting table. The word simply means "beans," but the dish itself is anyth...
Other
Xerophagy
Gazpacho-Style Raw Tomato Soup
Traditional Spanish gazpacho contains olive oil and bread. This xerophagy version strips it back to its raw essence: ...
Other
Xerophagy
Raw Sprouted Chickpea Spread
Hummus is one of the great fasting foods, but traditional hummus requires cooking the chickpeas and adding tahini (ma...
Middle Eastern
Xerophagy
Soaked Bulgur, Chickpea, and Herb Mezze with Sumac and Pomegranate
This is a strict-day plate that asks nothing of the stove. Fine bulgur is soaked cold until tender, then tossed with ...
General
Xerophagy
No-Oil White Bean and Roasted Garlic Dip with Lemon and Parsley
A bean dip needs neither oil nor tahini to be rich — soft cooked white beans blended with their own starchy liquid tu...
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