NANEH V HOVHANNISYAN reviews a journalist’s culinary odyssey through the South Caucasus.

‘With its union of practicality and magic, a kitchen is a portal, offering extended range and providing unlikely paths out of the ordinary . longed-for places are suddenly not so far away. No…

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Following impressive releases in 2019 and 2020, the Pakistani master surti singer Ustad Saami made it a hat-trick of fine albums with East Pakistan Sky.

Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha has won the Pulitzer Prize for his powerful essays, chronicling the physical and emotional toll of the ongoing war in Gaza.

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Cerys handpicks your Sunday soundtrack and chats to astronomer, Dr Sheila Kanani MBE

Cerys handpicks your Sunday soundtrack and chats to astronomer, Dr Sheila Kanani MBE

In this week’s free newsletter I write about the motivations behind my ‘colour trilogy’ of books, a ten year project filled with tenacity, humanity, good food and hope stretching from Eastern Europe t...

Neighbouring Georgia gets all the attention when it comes to Caucasus adventures and cuisine, but nothing beats the ‘primeval happiness’ of a post-walk feast in Armenia - and there are far fewer trekk...

Join us for an event with Caroline Eden for Green Mountains: Walking the Caucasus with Recipes. Date: Wednesday 2nd April 2025, 7pm Venue: David’s Bookshop. This is an in person event (not available to attend online) Event to start at 7pm, doors opening 6:30pm. Green Mountains is the final instalment of Caroline Eden’s

Bread is treated as a sacred staple in Uzbekistan. The BBC visits a bakery where 10,000 loaves of the fabled Samarkand bread are hand-rolled, individually stamped, and baked in a tandoor every day.

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