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Tasting Georgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus
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Product Description Winner of the Prestigious Andre Simon Award explores Georgia's culinary traditions Winner Guild of Food Writers Food and Travel Award 2018 Winner Best Food Book of 2017 Gourmand Cookbook Awards Shortlisted for the Art of Eating Book Award Shortlisted for the IACP Culinary Travel Book Award The Atlantic 9 Best Cookbooks of 2017 NPR Best Cookbooks 2017 Nestled between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, and with a climate similar to the Mediterranean's, Georgia has colorful, delicious food. Vegetables blended with walnuts and vibrant herbs, subtly spiced meat stews and home-baked pies like the irresistible cheese-filled khachapuri are served at generous tables all over the country. Georgia is also one of the world's oldest winemaking areas, with wines traditionally made in qvevri: large clay jars buried in the ground. Award-winning food writer and photographer Capalbo has traveled around Georgia collecting recipes and gathering stories from food and winemakers in this stunning but little-known country. The beautifully illustrated book is both a cookbook and a cultural guide to the personal, artisan-made foods and wines that make Georgia such a special place on the world's gastronomic map. Review "The definitive cookbook on Europe s great unsung cuisines Carla Capalbo s Tasting Georgia shows off the culinary gem of the Caucasus Tasting Georgia is without question the best book ever written in English about Georgian food and wine. Equal parts cookbook, photo journal, and travel guide, it is an invitation into country kitchens where meat-stuffed flatbreads bake, cilantro-scented stews bubble, and river trout sizzle. Georgia s greatest culinary hits are all accounted for in Capalbo s book, from the Instagram-famous cheese canoe called ajaruli khachapuri to the fist-sized soup dumplings called khinkali. But what sets Tasting Georgia apart is its laser focus on hyper-specific town-by-town cuisines and the people behind them Every dish is brought to life by colorful, intimate photography." --Saveur "This food-, culture-, and history-centric travelogue will make readers yearn to visit the independent democracy of Georgia. Capalbo, an American journalist based in Europe, knows her subject intimately. In addition to the brilliant photographs and 65-plus recipes, Capalbo introduces the warm hospitality and amazing wine regions of this country the size of Scotland . Everything s showcased against Capalbo s realistic pictures of people and scenery, along with good historical bytes. Georgia peaches in a whole different light." -- Booklist (starred review) "The book is fantastic- beautiful, fascinating and also moving, important and written from the heart." --Claudia Roden "With characteristic empathy and engagement, Carla has documented Georgia s unique gastronomic traditions and the people who have fought so hard to preserve them." --Carlo Petrini, Founder of Slow Food "Ancient, enigmatic Georgia, enviably positioned between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea, lays claim to one of history s greatest civilizing feats: the first domestication of wild grapes more than five thousand years ago. This means that Georgian grape growers developed the genetic ancestors of all the noble winemaking vinifera (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, etc.) now grown the world over. Forevermore, every Champagne toast should begin and end with Georgia on your mind. The latest of Carla Capalbo s dozen-plus regional books that expansively cover the culture of food and wine production- chefs, farmers, winemakers, grape growers, recipes, in-depth historical detail, and high-quality photography- Tasting Georgia divvies up the country into ten regions (ten chapters), from capital city Tbilisi in the southeast to Guria and Adjara on the northern Black Sea coast. And while the style of cooking and local dishes are distinct as you move about, and interesting details about the country s lengthy, complicated h
