The Baltics’ beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania

Cold beet soup is a culinary staple in Latvia and Lithuania and across Eastern Europe. This year, Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, hosted a “Pink Soup Festival” celebrating the dish. But the city’s tourism agency also started a public beef with Latvia, claiming that the Lithuanian version of the soup is better. From Latvia’s capital, Riga, The World’s Daniel Ofman reports. 

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