Ukrainian borscht was already on the U.N. intangible cultural heritage list but as of Friday it has been upgraded to the grandly-named List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. According to the U.N. citation, “the displacement of people and bearers threatens the element, as people are unable not only to cook or grow local vegetables for borscht, but also to come together to practice the element, which undermines the social and cultural well-being of communities.”
Borscht is cooked in many different forms, from a pure beetroot barszcz common in Poland to recipes including mushrooms, fish or sweet peppers. Core ingredients include beet, cabbage, onion, potato and carrot. It is also common in Russia and Romania, leading to culinary disputes about which kind of borscht is tastiest or most authentic.“Borscht is considered part of the fabric of Ukrainian society, cultural heritage, identity and tradition,” says the U.N.
Immigrants to the United States from borscht-making regions have also made the recipe their own. In an article for Bon Appétit magazine, food writer Claire Saffitz called an Ashkenazi Jewish preparation “the greatest recipe of all time.” In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Birchard said that all proceeds he makes from selling borscht in-house and online will be donated to humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine. So far, the restaurant has raised more than $200,000.
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