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

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

Tbilisi -- There’s no dish that signals in the arrival of spring and early summer in Georgia like the verdant tangy lamb stew called chakapuli. The spring dish, originally from the country’s wine growing eastern region of Kakheti, makes its seasonal debut at Orthodox Easter (or Paska) feasts that usually falls around mid-April. Read more