The name Samarkand evokes an exotic, mysterious city that most of us would have trouble finding on a map, let alone naming its home country. That would be Uzbekistan, a fact that may not get you any ...

Discover dazzling bazaars, golden bread and a blanket of stars in Uzbekistan's turquoise city, a fine place to start a culinary journey through Central Asia. For centuries the fabled city Samarkand ...

Eden first came to the city of Samarkand, in what is now Uzbekistan, in 2009 and quickly got hooked on both the history and the cuisine. The project: to gather the food of the seven major groups of ...

It would seem that the area around Rego Park and Forest Hills that we like to call Rego Parkistan could scarcely support another kosher kebab joint given how ubiquitous these restaurants specializing ...

Samarkand markets are known for dumplings prepared in large batches throughout the day Cooks mix dough and meat fillings before shaping rows of dumplings by hand The dumplings are then cooked over ...

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 ...

Mohammad Naushad, a retired man from Bengaluru had plans to travel the world after completing his tenure in the steel industry. He landed as a tourist in Samarkand a year ago and his quest for his ...

Named after the second largest city in Uzbekistan, Samarkand restaurant boasts a unique atmosphere it shares with its namesake. The 2,750-year-old city is most noted for its central location on the ...