Żurek
Polish sour rye soup built on a soured rye starter, simmered with smoky sausage and potatoes, finished with cream and halved boiled eggs — a tang no other soup quite reaches.
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For 2026-10-29
Polish sour rye soup built on a soured rye starter, simmered with smoky sausage and potatoes, finished with cream and halved boiled eggs — a tang no other soup quite reaches.
Lamb, a great deal of carrot and rice cooked in one pot until every grain is separate and stained gold. The technique that matters is the zirvak — the base that the rice steams above but is never mixed into.
Small, thick Ukrainian kefir pancakes — fluffy inside, lacy and golden at the edge. The breakfast that gets made before anyone has properly woken up.