As with sorrel, schav is not generally available in grocery stores. So if you want to enjoy this delicacy, you have to make it yourself. But schav is very easy to make.

Sorrel Soup (Schav) is a traditional Russian-Eastern European soup of sorrel and potato that is refreshing served cold, and heartening served hot. Ingredients: 2 fistfuls sorrel leaves, about 3 ...

We were going to treat y'all to a steaming bowl of schav this week, but alas, we spent all kinds of time heating the stuff only to later discover it is supposed to be served chilled. Uh, yeah. So I ...

As promised in the last blog, we tackled schav, a sorrel soup popular with Eastern Europeans, in the interest of science. Plus we had heard the stuff is enjoyed by Jewish folks and, it being Hanukkah ...

Sweet, fruit based, dessert soups are usually made without dairy or stock, using simple syrup or coconut water for additional liquid. Either way, the preparations are easy, cooking time is none or ...

Schav, the khaki-colored soup once savored by Ashkenazi Jews, has fallen on hard times in recent decades. In a world where appearance is everything, foods of memory simply can’t compete.

Soon the schav that had until now been locked in my cousin’s memory was taking root in my backyard. The sorrel grew into as large and lush a plant as the one I had first seen in Sonoma.

But since my mother had never tried the schav, I didn’t even know where to begin. So I began searching around, as my mother insisted, and started with some trusted sources.

Schav, the khaki-colored soup once savored by Ashkenazi Jews, has fallen on hard times in recent decades. Foods of memory simply can’t compete in a world where appearance is everything.

Schav, a green spinach- or sorrel-based soup, is one of these authentic Russian recipes. “There is no meal without borscht or schav in Russia,” Budilovsky explains.