How to Use borscht in a Sentence
borscht
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Any fan of borscht will kvell at the idea of a beet latke.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
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In borscht, the sweetness of the beets is kept in check by salty nubs of pork and beef.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018
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Is there a more perfect way to eat beets than in borscht?
—Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
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Russia and Poland gave us borscht, a cold soup made with pureed beets.
—Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
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The Peshkovs lodged with a woman named Maryna and her teenage son, who fed them borscht and hot tea.
—James Marson, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022
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Same thing with our beet borscht and matzo ball soup, made right here on the premises.
—Max Abrams, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
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On Olkhon, the once-Chinese restaurant now serves borscht.
—New York Times, 15 Mar. 2021
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The homemade beet borscht is one of my favorites in the summertime.
—Max Abrams, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2022
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Get the short rib pierogis, duh, but don’t forget a bowl of borscht.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit, 13 Dec. 2017
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Bright, sweet borscht shares a bowl with creamy Beluga lentils.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2022
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Of course, there are also the slightly lighter menu options of white borscht, stuffed cabbage, and blintzes.
—Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2017
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His father, billed as Danny Lewis, was a singer on the borscht and burlesque circuits.
—Christy Lemire, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2017
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Green borscht is made with sorrel and is popular in the summer.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022
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The white borscht was chunky with potato and sliced half-moons of kielbasa, and the broth had significant body.
—New York Times, 9 Dec. 2020
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Then a table was brought outside to serve borscht, the savory Ukrainian beet soup with dill and sour cream.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
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There are as many ways to make borscht (also spelled borshch) as there are people who cook it.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
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Grate raw beets, adding them to borscht or other stews or soups, or use in place of potatoes when making latkes.
—Noelle Carter, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
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He and Burns also liked the idea of pairing beets with a protein and a creamy sauce after eating a borscht full of sausage.
—Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2019
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The mood goes downhill from there, and Sam ultimately takes her bowl of borscht and storms back to her own front stoop to eat alone.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2022
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And the soup at the end has been Asian fish stew, a matzo-ball soup for Passover, a Muslim feast, a Caribbean gumbo and borscht.
—New York Times, 15 Dec. 2021
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My landlady brings me a pot of borscht to help create a sense of normalcy.
—CNN, 18 Feb. 2023
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Sometimes a mother and son will enjoy only borscht and tea, but leave $100.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
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Some use the rich sour cream that adds flavor to some of Russia’s most comforting foods, from borscht to blini.
—Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 6 June 2023
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In some families, two soups are made for Wigilia: this mushroom soup and borscht.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
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Often topped with a rich dollop of sour cream, borscht is anything but basic beet soup.
—Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
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Creamy white borscht was full of potatoes, kielbasa, onions, celery and herbs, and held a light tang of horseradish.
—Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 13 Nov. 2019
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And then there’s the famous — or infamous, depending on your point of view — borscht.
—Susan Barocas, sun-sentinel.com, 17 July 2019
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Russian Jews, who favor more savory cold soups, are known for beet borscht and schav, a soup made from sorrel.
—Susan Barocas, sun-sentinel.com, 17 July 2019
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The piquant borscht is made with dehydrated sour cherries.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
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Past a red-and-blue neon sign, some old-timey pastoral paintings, and a dining room of people quietly spooning up borscht and mushroom barley, a pair of double doors opened to reveal about a hundred people stamping and shimmying.
—Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
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