In Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, the streets are lined with paddle-wielding chefs called oshpaz who expertly tend to the sizzling contents of enormous cauldron-like pans. The air fills with aromas ...

Samarkand sits in Uzbekistan along the ancient Silk Road, where travelers and merchants once hawked their wares from China to the Mediterranean Sea. Food and travel writer Caroline Eden uses the ...

The Golden Road to Samarqand posts two “official” recipes for Kyrgyz plov, a rice dish with onions, meat, and carrots. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how ...