CHOW: “Georgian Food Is Having a Manhattan Moment”

New Yorkers wanting to taste authentic Georgian cuisine don’t have to travel across the North Atlantic Ocean, instead they can pop into one of a small handful of traditional Georgian eateries opening up in Manhattan.

Blogger Mark Hokoda shares the delights of traditional Georgian bread dishes, including several variations of khachapuri with images on the food website CHOW.

Manhattanites who’ve never tasted Georgian cooking have run out of excuses,” he writes.

From bread dishes to kebabs, salads, stews and more, a new Georgian restaurant offers a range of Georgian cuisine.

"Chef and co-owner Pikria Basaria says Georgian cooking shouldn’t frighten anyone off. "It’s similar to Turkish and Mediterranean food in concept … but we season and cook it differently.” That means, for example, bringing in spices like dzira – "very close to cumin,” she says, "but a better version of cumin”,” writes Hodoka.

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