“. . . the desire her whole person expressed was that of communicating to me what she was tasting: communicating with me through flavors, or communicating with flavors through a double set of taste buds, hers and mine. . . .”
Italo Calvino, "Under the Jaguar Sun."

Georgian

More Excellent Georgian Food at Chama Mama

There seems to be no shortage of excellent Georgian food in New York City. This is, perhaps, unsurprising, given both that the NYC Metro Area is the center of the Georgian-American population and that Georgian food is extremely easy to love. The “Chama” in Chama Mama evidently means to eat, which we did. We started […]

Georgian Food at Oda House

I love Georgian food and Oda House’s is great. Georgian cuisine is heavily influenced by the cuisine of Persia, which can be seen in its extensive use of herbs, walnuts, and pomegranates and emphasis on sweet-tart-savory flavor profiles. The appetizer known as nigvziani badrijani or eggplant rolls is a prime example of this: eggplants rolled […]

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