"Food grew scarce,” writes New Yorker correspondent Joshua Yaffa, “a loaf of bread was a rare delicacy.” In his dispatch from Ukraine, Yaffa reports on life recently in the northern Ukraine city of ...

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The first spoonful of traditional borscht is a revelation of earthy sweetness and vibrant color that immediately warms you from within. This isn't just another vegetable soup, it's a culinary ...

The best borscht I ever had was in a punk house the summer before I turned 18. At that point, I’d been on my own for nearly two years, living with whomever would take me after my mom left town, ...