Slavic Soul in a Bowl

While borscht always gets the limelight in Eastern European soup circles and at hearty village dinner dates, there is another soup that is waiting for you to spot it. During my time in Kyiv, I found myself falling for a particular savory Ukrainian soup concoction named...

Solyanka!

For me, this is Slavic soup at it's grandest. It warms you straight to the bone when you've just come in from a Siberian winter and nourishes you for the next step out into the cold and dark.

I have consumed many bowls, cups, mugs, and other vessels filled with solyanka in lunch spots, kitchens, and cafes across Ukraine, and tonight...

I cook!