Category Archives: Adventures in Cooking in Georgia

Open Questions Regarding Cumin

Posted on September 15, 2012 by panoptical

Well, first of all, I’ve already announced this on Facebook, but there’s cumin in Tbilisi. The Turkish market on Aghmeshenebeli next to the Turkish restaurant Cappadocia sells it – in fact you can smell it as soon as you walk … Continue reading →

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Chili

Posted on August 7, 2012 by panoptical

What does it take to make a really fabulous chili in Georgia? 1. Cumin. You can buy taco spice packets in Goodwill or Ozzy’s, and they contain cumin and whatever else you need to make chili taste like chili. Or … Continue reading →

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New York Hit List Revisited

Posted on January 19, 2012 by panoptical

Background info: this happened. Foods to eat: A Blockheads Burrito – CHECK My stepmother’s chicken cutlets – CHECK A Black and White cookie – FAIL BAGELS – CHECK A Bonnie’s Burger – CHECK Cheerios – CHECK Items to buy: Cumin … Continue reading →

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New York Hit List

Posted on December 18, 2011 by panoptical

Every once in a while I realize that there’s something from America that I want but can’t get in Georgia. I try to make a mental note (lately, I’ve been making real notes, which are somewhat more effective, assuming I … Continue reading →

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All of the Things

Posted on October 24, 2011 by panoptical

I have been neglectful of my blog recently. There’s been a lot going on – not necessarily bad stuff, just stuff that has kept me a little more occupied than usual. So, I moved out of Vera. I know, it … Continue reading →

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Curry in Georgia

Posted on February 24, 2011 by panoptical

I really thought I’d get around to posting this eventually… but apparently I didn’t. Today one of my previous dinner guests requested the recipe so I sent this to her, and I figured that while I had it on the … Continue reading →

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Shopping

Posted on December 12, 2010 by panoptical

Upon reading me admit to doing most of my shopping at the Populi XL in Gldani, reader pasumonok recoiled in horror and couldn’t bear to read my blog for days. When she recovered, she extended to me the very kind … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving in Georgia

Posted on November 30, 2010 by panoptical

One of the many quirks of the Georgian expat life is that we have to make our own holidays out of whatever we can scrounge up here in the central Caucasus region. So far Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and … Continue reading →

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Culture

Posted on November 2, 2010 by panoptical

I’ve been trying to find the right way to say this. It seems like whenever I talk about Georgian culture I’m relying on certain assumptions about culture that other people don’t really share. I might as well just lay them … Continue reading →

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Halloween Weekend in Tbilisi: Saturday

Posted on October 31, 2010 by panoptical

So, some of my TLG friends up here in Gldani decided to throw a Halloween party at my house. The plan was to have everyone dress up, and they’d handle the specifics. I told a bunch of people about this … Continue reading →

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