Author Notes

My Mother’s borscht adapted from a few different recipes she picked up as a twenty-something in New York City. The story of this recipe involves a short-lived romance with a man that later did time in federal prison! Thank god she met Dad, but this soup is a keeper.



In our family, birthdays meant you picked the dinner menu and this soup is by far the most requested over the years. The quantities are meant to feed a crowd; since it freezes well you might as well just go for it and celebrate all fall. —BetsyB