Beet Walnut Soup with a Hint of Apples

When I was a 15-year-old exchange student living in Venezuela, I would often walk by a night club called La Remolacha.  It struck me as a fabulous word, and I made it part of my working vocabulary.  It is the Venezuelan word for “beet” and is pronounced “ray-mo-lah-chah”.  It kind of sounds like a dance…