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)
Yahni is the Greek word for a slow tomato-and-onion braise, and giant white beans cooked this way make one of the mos...
Wide rice noodles charred in a screaming-hot wok, coated in dark soy sauce, and tumbled with Chinese broccoli and che...
Mussakhan is Palestinian comfort food at its finest: a mountain of deeply caramelized onions seasoned with sumac and ...
Doi maach is the kind of dish that makes a fish day feel like a feast. Pieces of firm white fish are simmered in a sa...
Ukrainian sauerkraut traditions are rich and varied. This version includes grated apple for sweetness and enzyme acti...
A chowder without cream, which turns out not to be a compromise at all. The body comes from white beans blended into ...
If prebranac is the king of Serbian fasting, pasulj is the daily bread. This thick white bean soup is eaten year-roun...
This is a thick, warming bean soup built on the Georgian flavor foundations: cilantro, garlic, blue fenugreek, and a ...
Lagana is the bread of Clean Monday (Καθαρά Δευτέρα), the first day of Great Lent in the Greek Orthodox tradition. By...
These are dense, chewy, and serious — built to carry you through a long fasting day or a stretch of services without ...
Burmese "tofu" is made not from soybeans but from chickpea flour, set into a soft, custardy block and sliced into rib...
Tocitură is Romania's rustic meat stew, but this fasting version built on mushrooms is so deeply savory that it stand...
These bars are built for the hardest fasting days — no oil, no baking, no dairy, just dates pressed together with raw...
Merluza en salsa verde is a Basque classic and one of the most elegant things you can do with white fish. Thick hake ...
Bibimbap means "mixed rice," and it is one of the most visually stunning meals you can make — a bowl of rice topped w...
Escovitch fish is Jamaica's answer to escabeche — whole fish fried until shatteringly crisp, then draped in a tangle ...
Rasam is the thin, peppery, tamarind-sour broth that closes a South Indian meal and revives anyone who is tired, cold...
Ants on a log. That is what Americans call this when they make it with peanut butter for children. But strip away the...
Traditional hummus calls for tahini and olive oil. Remove them and you still have something worth eating — just chick...
Giardiniera — "the gardener's pickle" — is the Italian answer to the question of what to do with the end-of-season ga...
A proper fasting moussaka that does not apologize for itself. Layers of fried eggplant and a rich lentil-tomato sauce...
This is the simplest sauerkraut in the world. Two ingredients — cabbage and salt — fermented for 2-4 weeks. No vinega...
One of the great Greek fasting dishes and a well-kept Orthodox secret. Squid is a shellfish — an invertebrate — and t...
Soba — buckwheat noodles in hot dashi broth — is one of the most elegant simple meals in Japanese cuisine and one of ...
Grilled octopus is one of the defining dishes of the Greek islands — tender tentacles charred over high heat, dressed...
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