Holy New Martyrs of Alaska
Holy Protomartyr Thecla, Equal to the Apostles (1st c.) / St Stephen, First-crowned King of Serbia (Simon the Monk) (1224)
Beet kvass is the other kvass — the one without bread, the one that does not need yeast, the one that Ukrainian and s...
Pizza marinara is not "vegan pizza" or "pizza without cheese." It is one of the two original pizzas of Naples — the o...
A fish-day bowl that delivers deeply satisfying flavors with almost no effort. The teriyaki glaze caramelizes on the ...
Poke is Hawaii's gift to the world — cubes of raw tuna tossed in soy sauce, sesame oil, and chili, served over rice w...
Romanians have an unshakable love for zucchini, and this is the simplest, most satisfying expression of it. Thick rou...
This is a Middle Eastern monastic staple that has sustained desert monks for centuries. Medjool dates are nature's ca...
Pindjur is ajvar's rougher, smokier cousin from southern Serbia and Macedonia. Where ajvar is mostly pepper, pindjur ...
This is the Russian way with trout — straightforward and perfect. A whole trout (or fillets, if you prefer), stuffed ...
This is what happens when you put chickpeas and a mountain of spinach into the same pot and let them get to know each...
The single most useful thing you can do for a long fast is cook a pot of beans on Sunday. Not a recipe so much as a f...
Fish days in the fasting calendar — Annunciation, Palm Sunday, the Dormition fast's feast, most of the Apostles' fast...
Açorda is the Alentejo's answer to having almost nothing in the house and eating like a king anyway — stale bread, a ...
Thai fried rice is the ultimate wok dish — fast, flexible, and infinitely satisfying. The secret is day-old rice, hig...
Here is the xerophagy controversy you will encounter online: are overnight oats "cooked"? The answer, practically spe...
Saba shioyaki is the quiet backbone of the Japanese home meal: a mackerel fillet salted, rested, and grilled until th...
Handmade pierogi are a labor of love, but the fasting dough is actually easier to work with than the egg-based origin...
Pad thai with shrimp is street food at its finest — rice noodles tossed in a slick of tamarind, palm sugar, and fish ...
Gumbo is Louisiana's defining dish, and this version proves that fasting food can be as bold and layered as anything ...
Harira is the soup that breaks the fast across Morocco — a thick, tomato-stained pot of lentils and chickpeas laced w...
Mercimek köftesi is Turkey's great meze of the fasting table — soft, savory patties of red lentils and fine bulgur, k...
Greeks have been braising squid with tomatoes and potatoes for as long as anyone can remember. The squid starts tough...
If Russian black bread is the everyday loaf, Borodinsky is the famous one. Slightly sweetened with molasses, deeply a...
A shepherd's pie is a gravy problem with potatoes on top. Get the gravy right — dark, thick, savory enough to stand u...
Spanakorizo is comfort food of the highest order — a one-pot dish of spinach and rice cooked together until the rice ...
Stuffed grape leaves — warak enab in Arabic — are one of the great shared dishes of the Eastern Mediterranean, found ...
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