While wandering deep in the guts of the Deserter’s Bazaar, Tbilisi’s largest and oldest open-air marketplace, we stumbled upon the raffish wine section where men (mostly) drop by for a few toasts. Join our Old Market & Beyond walk to taste these authentic homemade wines and chacha – Georgia’s legendary take on grappa – for yourself.
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
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
May 25, 2019 Georgian tea from Guria in Tbilisi (0)
West Georgia's climate is ideal for tea, and Georgia has been producing high quality tea […] Posted in Tbilisi
Published on August 22, 2019
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TbilisiMiss Maria, a Tbilisi Armenian, sells cured pork, salted pork fat, and Armenian cured beef basturma and sujuk at the Deserter’s Bazaar. We meet her and other vendors like her as we meander through the market – a bustling medley of people selling those products that are the rudiments to Georgian cuisine – on our…
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TbilisiGuda cheese is sheep cheese from eastern Georgia, aged in guda, which is sheep skin. Nowadays most guda is aged in plastic, but we found one vendor at the Deserter’s Bazaar in Tbilisi who has the real deal in her stall, which comes from Tusheti in the high Caucasus.
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