"This winter will not be hard," said Mr. Savchenko, spooning up hot borscht on a cold day.

A typical hot borscht is made with a meat base.

Cabbage is almost always a component of hot borscht, as it is in the recipes here.

The hot and cold borscht are recommended to start.

Three servings of hot borscht with one serving of potatoes with cheese and caviar cost $52, fairly reasonable by New York standards.

Among the recommended dishes are the hot and cold borscht, karsky shashlik, and blinis with caviar.

For David Cohn, hot borscht was an antidote to cold.

Choices include hot borscht, blinis with sour cream, and coffee or tea.

He prepares hot borscht with duck, beef and pork, flavoring it with horseradish, a true Russian touch, though the horseradish is encased in gnocchi.

The more robust hot borscht is made with beef stock.