Sasha Martin has just completed a week of cooking some of my favorite dishes from Georgia adapted from The Silk Road Gourmet Volume One. For a look at her meal review, beautiful photos of the preparation and recipies check out her Global Table Adventure Website. Its a great project: 195 countries, 195 meals, 195 weeks. The site is informative, interesting and full of personal insight and great food!
That chicken looks fab…looks like I need to get this cookbook!!!
Deana, the book is great. She has so many other wonderful recipes that I wanted to try – especially the ones with pomegranate.
Laura, thanks for the interview and correspondence. I could never complete this adventure without help from experts like yourself.
Sasha
Deana, Sasha:
Thank you both!
Happy to be of service!
Laura
Nice one.
I find Georgian food to have some very interesting aspects that set it apart. The prolific use of walnuts is one; also the combination of “Eastern” spices (coriander, fenugreek) with Western flavours.
I’ve come across a few recipes for the spice mix khmeli-suneli. Some use dried fenugreek leaves rather than fenugreek seeds; I tend to prefer the leaves myself.
Thanks ES:
There are LOTS of recipes for K-S. As I note in the book it varies by region and household etc.
But it is a great flavoring – even without the Garo.
L
Have you been able to find the leaves in the USA? I’d be interested in trying that.
Hi Sasha:
The leaves are available on the Amazon store on my website – page 4 under “Herbs and Spices”.
If you like the bricks and mortar shopping experience – I do, I just rarely have the time – see if there are Persian Markets in your area. Here is one suggestion I found: (Not sure how close to you it is.)
Travel by Taste Market & Restaurant
4818 N. McArthur
Warr Acres, OK 73122
(405) 787-2969