The Baltics' beet soup season begins with a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
by editors@theworld.org (Daniel Ofman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6N9P0)
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.