Borsch or borscht is a popular beet soup throughout Eastern Europe and Russia, but also in North America, where it became popular thanks to the jewish emigration. Although numerous groups claim its invention, it seems clear that its origin is Ukrainian, a country that has been at war for almost 20 days after the Russian invasion.
As the attacks on Kiev intensify the humanitarian crisis worsens and there are numerous initiatives that try to raise funds to alleviate it, also through gastronomy.
The German organization Kitchen Guerrilla has launched a challenge on social networks that under the slogan #Makeborscthnotwar encourage people to cook the Ukrainian dish, share it online and make a donation to the Ukrainian Relief Unit.
“#MakeBorschtNotWar is presented as a world guerrilla actionan appeal and a declaration: against war and for peace, because we condemn any act of war that threatens the sovereignty of a country, democracy and basic human rights”, explain its organizers.
The world of gastronomy turns to Ukraine
The initiative has found the support of many amateur and professional chefs, such as Andoni Luis Aduriz, located in the Polish city of Gdansk next to Paco Perezwith which he is cooking in support of refugees.
Apart from initiatives such as the Kitchen Guerilla, it is the NGO of Jose Andres, World Central Kitchen, which is channeling most of the donations from the world of gastronomy, with which it has already managed to distribute more than a million meals among Ukrainian refugees.
The organization is already deployed in more than 55 cities in Ukraine and its neighboring countries, mainly Poland, where the organization keeps operating 24 hour dining rooms at the eight border posts to which refugees keep arriving.
From this link you can make donations to the Spanish division of World Central Kitchen.
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