Beet soup season features a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
by editors@theworld.org (Daniel Ofman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#77GYQ)
Cold beet soup is a culinary staple in Latvia and Lithuania, and across Eastern Europe. Each year, Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, hosts 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, Daniel Ofman reports.
This story originally aired on June 4, 2024.