Pearly Jacob, Author at Culinary Backstreets

July 19, 2024

Old Time Pub: Sausages and Beer, Soviet Style

Tbilisi |

By Pearly Jacob

Tbilisi -- Sausages and beer might not sound much like a Tbilisi affair, but this most Bavarian of combinations is what has been served up steadily for more than five decades in one of the city’s oldest watering holes. Read more

April 4, 2024

Miracle Ethiopian Food: Injera, Tbilisi Style

Tbilisi |

By Pearly Jacob

Tbilisi -- When Ethiopian national Mimi Alemu Desta was proposed Georgia as a temporary place of refuge to help her escape her war-torn country in 2021, she assumed it was the state in the U.S. Read more

January 30, 2024

Pictograma: Khinkali, As It Should Be

Tbilisi |

By Pearly Jacob

Tbilisi -- For a dish so ubiquitous, one would be forgiven to think there’s little to debate about Georgia’s national dumpling, the khinkali. But just as tastes vary, every Georgian has their own khinkali preferences and opinions. Read more

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Old Time Pub: Sausages and Beer, Soviet Style

Miracle Ethiopian Food: Injera, Tbilisi Style

Pictograma: Khinkali, As It Should Be

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Old Time Pub: Sausages and Beer, Soviet Style

Miracle Ethiopian Food: Injera, Tbilisi Style

Pictograma: Khinkali, As It Should Be