By Alexandr Ivanovich Borscht is a vibrant beetroot soup from Eastern Europe, rich in flavour, colour, and cultural symbolism. Traditionally made with beets, onions, and beef or vegetable stock, it’s a dish that brings comfort and community to cold nights — and a perfect metaphor for humanist values: simple ingredients transformed through care, attention, and sharing. Alexandr Ivanovich was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1989, into a family of musicians and teachers. After trai