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Rhea’s Squirrels Café Gallery
StoryThe kids were playing in the park, and Dad needed a cup of coffee for the caffeine boost to keep up with his daughter. Luckily there was a café nearby – where you would least expect one. The park...
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CB Book Club
Editor’s note: In the latest installment in our Book Club series, we spoke to Alice Feiring, author of For the Love of Wine: My Odyssey through the World’s Most Ancient Wine Culture (Potomac Books,...
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Tbilisi Sketches
StoryIt’s a mid-week spring day in Tbilisi and we have joined Dali Berdzenishvili and her family for a special picnic lunch.There’s a zesty looking spread covering most of a yellow and blue tablecloth:...
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Behind Bars
StoryIt is 9 p.m. and we are packing our bags for a red-eye flight to Poland when I realize we have no chacha, Georgia’s otherworldly elixir of distilled fermented grape pulp. We never, ever travel...
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Armazis Kheoba
Story Summer in Tbilisi means sweet and sour cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, fresh figs, watermelons and, most importantly, tomatoes that taste the way God intended them to. It’s a season bursting...
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Tbilisi Sketches
Story Take the plunge into the high-volume hubbub of Tbilisi’s famous Deserter’s Bazaar and you’ll come under a three-senses assault. The piquant aroma from the spice stalls, a butchers’ shouting war...
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Kakhelebi
Story We were cutting grapes in a vineyard in eastern Georgia’s Kakheti region when two young men led a goat by a rope to a nearby tree and sliced its neck with a hefty hunting knife. Our lunch. They...
View ArticlePkhali at a Summer Favorite Outside of Tbilisi
Pkhali, in spite of its meaty appearance, is actually a vegetarian-friendly Georgian specialty of beets, ground walnuts, vinegar, onions, garlic, and herbs. This version is from Armazis Kheoba, a...
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Tbilisi Sketches
Story You sit down for a meal with family or friends, and no one can decide what to order. Well, some can, some can’t, and it goes on for ages. The waiter stiffens when you ask one more time for her to...
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Art Café 144 Steps
Story The 2010 makeover of Tbilisi’s old town broke the hearts of many locals and preservationists, who lamented the destruction of the neighborhood’s original 19th-century buildings and the...
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CB Book Club
Story We recently spoke with travel writer Caroline Eden and food writer Eleanor Ford about their new cookbook, Samarkand: Recipes & Stories from Central Asia & the Caucasus (Kyle Books; July...
View ArticleRows of Treats Adorn Tbilisi’s Deserter’s Bazaar
Delicious churchkhelas, a string of nuts dipped in a thick roux of grape juice, are among the countless treats on offer at Tbilisi’s Deserter’s Bazaar, the focal point of our culinary walk in the...
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Tbilisi Sketches
This is a piece that celebrates the odd, the misshapen and the sometimes grotesque – in other words, what to look for to find a really tasty tomato. Just to be clear, we are talking about tomatoes...
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Shop Bagrati
Story We’ve seen the doleful little building a hundred times, every time we cross Tbilisi’s Dry Bridge. With the seductive words chacha, grappa and vino hand-painted on the wall enticing us like a...
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Wine Harvest Week: Kakheti Diary
Story We have each got a couple of buckets and a pair of gardening clips and we are standing in a dewy vineyard in the middle of the majestic Alazani Valley. The autumn air is brisk, fresh with the...
View ArticleThe Treasures of Tbilisi’s Dezerter’s Bazaar
These fresh, beautiful pomegranates are among the innumerable great finds in Tbilisi’s Dezerter’s Bazaar, an extensive market that is the backbone of our culinary walk in the city. The post The...
View ArticleHello Moonshine: A Chacha Journey in the Georgian Countryside
A fabulous spread like this awaits you on our chacha-fueled feast in the Kakheti region of Georgia. On Saturday November 5, there are still spots available on this wonderful excursion, which includes...
View ArticlePickled Prospects at Tbilisi’s Dezerter’s Bazaar
Among the deep array of goods found at Tbilisi’s Dezerter’s Bazaar, the focal point of our culinary walk in the city, is a formidable selection of colorful and tasty pickles. The post Pickled Prospects...
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Gabriadze Café
Story When we arrived in Tbilisi in 2001, there was one café/restaurant that was a beacon to those seeking an alternative to the traditional Georgian dining experience of stark rooms and banquet tables...
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Best Bites 2016
Story Few things in life are more rewarding than eating in Georgia. However, a single night at a Georgian restaurant can also be a terribly mortifying experience. Georgians like to order big but the...
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