A vendor in the Deserter’s Bazaar shows off her churchkhela, a very traditional Georgian specialty usually homemade from grape juice thickened with flour and nuts. They say that churchkhela were created by Georgian warriors as a sugar hit that wouldn’t perish on a long march – in other words, one of the world’s earliest energy bars.
October 15, 2019 Cured Comfort in Tbilisi (0)
Miss Maria, a Tbilisi Armenian, sells cured pork, salted pork fat, and Armenian cured […] Posted in Tbilisi
August 22, 2019 Day Drinking in Tbilisi (0)
While wandering deep in the guts of the Deserter’s Bazaar, Tbilisi’s largest and oldest […] Posted in Tbilisi
July 1, 2019 Cheese in Sheep’s Clothing (0)
Guda cheese is sheep cheese from eastern Georgia, aged in guda, which is sheep skin. […] Posted in Tbilisi
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