Foodie Friday: Khinkali

Foodie Friday: Khinkali

Meat wrapped in dough. Every culture seems to have one. You may remember my love affair with Argentine baked empanada’s in South America, but alas there are no empanada’s to be found in the Caucuses. There are however…dumplings. Piled high on a metal tray, Khinkali, or Georgian meat dumplings, are served in enormous quantities. About [...]

Tbilisi: Isn’t Georgia north of Florida?

Tbilisi: Isn’t Georgia north of Florida?

With a Central Asian visa ticking away, we headed north from Trabzon to Georgia. Arriving in Tbilisi early in the morning we promptly went in search of a hotel and got to work on some logistics, mainly a way across the Caspian. With some helpful advice from relatives in the USA, we set out to [...]