You'll find buckwheat in other cuisines of the region -- for example, Ukrainian fried buckwheat meatballs called hrechanyky, and the Ashkenazi Jewish buckwheat-pasta mix known as kasha varnishkes.

Russia, China, Ukraine, Poland, France, and the United States are the world's highest producing countries of buckwheat. Besides being gluten free, many people eat buckwheat products and cook with ...

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