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Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
Hungarians know that goulash was never really about the meat — it was about the paprika, the lard-soft onions, and th...
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Today's Fast
August 08, 2026
No Fast — Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed
Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia / Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140)
Troparion: Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus & Those With Him: Tone IV. In their sufferings, O Lord,/ Thy martyrs received imperishable crowns from Thee our God;/ for, possessed of Thy might,/ they set at nought the...
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Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff
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Japchae con Tofu — Korean Glass Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables
Japchae is the glossy, sweet-savory glass-noodle dish that crowns every Korean celebration — springy sweet potato sta...
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Frijoles Negros a la Cubana — Cuban Black Beans and Rice
Cuban black beans are slow-simmered until the broth turns thick and almost velvety, perfumed with a sofrito of green ...
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Feijoada Vegana — Brazilian Black Bean and Smoked Tofu Stew
Feijoada is Brazil's national dish, a deep, smoky black bean stew that simmers all afternoon and feeds a table for da...
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Dan Dan Mian — Sichuan Tofu and Sesame Noodles
Dan dan noodles are Sichuan street food at its most addictive — chewy wheat noodles pooled in a slick of chili oil, b...
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Chestnut and Dried Fruit Plov — Azerbaijani Lenten Rice Pilaf
Azerbaijani plov is built in layers — fragrant saffron rice steamed to separate grains, served alongside a sweet-savo...
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Topik — Armenian Chickpea and Potato Lenten Dumpling
Topik is a Lenten showpiece from the Armenian table of Constantinople — a smooth shell of mashed chickpea and potato ...
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Cà Ri Chay — Vietnamese Yellow Coconut Curry with Seitan and Sweet Potato
Cà ri chay is Vietnam's fragrant yellow curry — lighter and brighter than its Thai cousins, built on lemongrass, curr...
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Laksa Lemak — Malaysian Coconut Noodle Soup with Tofu Puffs
Laksa lemak is the kind of bowl you build your evening around — a thick, spice-paste coconut broth singing with lemon...
Thai
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Khao Soi — Northern Thai Coconut Curry Noodles with Crispy Tofu
Khao Soi is the great noodle dish of Chiang Mai — a deep, golden coconut curry broth poured over soft egg-free wheat ...
Romanian
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Ghiveci de Post cu Fasole — Romanian Bean and Vegetable Stew
Romanian ghiveci is a slow-cooked garden in a pot — but the de post version made for the long fasts leans on beans to...
Russian
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Юшка з Квасолі та Гороху — Ukrainian Two-Pea Bean Soup with Dill
Every Slavic village kitchen keeps a sack of dried beans and a sack of yellow peas, and on fasting days they go into ...
Middle Eastern
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Freekeh and Chickpea Pilaf with Spiced Cauliflower
Freekeh is young green wheat, fire-roasted while still soft so the grain keeps a smoky, nutty chew that ordinary bulg...
Middle Eastern
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Bissara — Moroccan Split Fava Bean Purée with Cumin Oil
Bissara is breakfast for working people across northern Morocco — a thick, velvety purée of dried split fava beans, s...
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Harira Hamra — Moroccan Tomato, Lentil, and Chickpea Soup
Harira is the soup that breaks the fast across Morocco — a thick, tomato-stained pot of lentils and chickpeas laced w...
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Chana Saag — Chickpea and Spinach Masala
This is what happens when you put chickpeas and a mountain of spinach into the same pot and let them get to know each...
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Rajma — Punjabi Red Kidney Bean Curry
Rajma is the curry that North Indian children grow up on — kidney beans simmered until they are creamy, in an onion-t...
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Sambar — South Indian Toor Dal and Tamarind Stew
Sambar is the everyday backbone of South Indian cooking — a tamarind-soured lentil stew thick with toor dal and studd...
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Λουβάνα — Cypriot Yellow Split Pea Soup with Lemon and Olive Oil
Louvana is the Cypriot fasting soup — a thick, golden purée of yellow split peas eaten through Lent and on the strict...
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Pasta e Ceci — Roman Pasta and Chickpea Stew with Rosemary
Pasta e ceci is Rome's other great pasta-and-bean soup, less famous abroad than pasta e fagioli but every bit as belo...
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Garbanzos con Espinacas — Spanish Chickpeas and Spinach with Smoked Paprika
This Andalusian classic — garbanzos con espinacas — is what Seville eats during Lent, and it is proof that fasting fo...
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Φάβα Σαντορίνης — Santorini Yellow Split Pea Purée with Capers and Onion
Fava is the warm, silky purée of yellow split peas that anchors a Greek meze table — golden, dense, and far more fill...
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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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Agedashi Tofu in Ginger Dashi
Agedashi tofu is a small miracle of texture: blocks of tofu dusted in potato starch and fried until the outside is sh...
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Shiro Wot — Ethiopian Spiced Chickpea Flour Stew
Shiro is the everyday backbone of Ethiopian fasting cooking — and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians fast more than almost...
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