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About Sights – Tushetoba Festival
“Tushetoba” (Georgian: თუშეთობა) is a festival held every summer in Tusheti National Park. The festival celebrates Tushetian cultural heritage and is traditionally opened with horse racing. A flag and a sheep is awarded to the winner. The horse race is always hotly contested! Tusheti (Georgian: თუშეთი) is an isolated mountainous region in the north east of Georgia … Continue reading
About Events – Tbilisi Beer Festival 2013
The Tbilisi Beer Festival is held every year in summer. Organised by the Georgian drinks company Natakhtari, this was the fourth beer festival held in Tbilisi. 1.5 GEL bought a token that could be exchanged for a beer. Georgia About was there to join in the fun. Gaumarjos! (cheers!). Beer glasses! Georgian bands entertained the crowd. It wouldn’t … Continue reading
About Food – Elarji (Cornmeal and Sulguni Cheese)
Elarji (Georgian: ელარჯი) is a popular dish from Samegrelo region, made from coarse cornmeal, cornflour and Sulguni cheese. Ingredients: 200 grams of coarse cornmeal, 4 tbs of cornflour and 1 kilo of sulguni cheese. The cheese must be new. Mozzerella cheese can be used as an alternative to sulguni. Add the coarse cornmeal to a deep … Continue reading
About Sights – 6 May Park, Batumi
“6 May Park” in Batumi on Georgia’s Black Sea coast is one of the oldest public parks in Georgia and contains a beautiful lake, children’s rides, a Dolphinarium, a Zoo and an Aquarium. Construction of the park began in 1881 when the Prussian gardener Resler was engaged to design a garden. In 1888, the Russian Emperor Alexander … Continue reading
About Food – Lobio with Imeretian Cheese
The Georgian word ‘lobio’ (Georgian: ლობიო) means ‘beans’. There are a number of varieties of Georgian lobio dishes and in this old, family recipe from Racha region we show how to make lobio with Imeretian cheese. Ingredients: 400 grams of kidney beans. Other ingredients: 300 grams of Imeretian cheese (feta or mozzarella cheese can be used), … Continue reading
About Food – Tolma (Stuffed Vine Leaves)
Tolma (Georgian: ტოლმა), known as Dolma in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, is a popular meal in Georgia and many other countries and there are many variations. It usually describes a filled, hollowed-out vegetable or a filling wrapped in a leaf. Fillings can include meat and vegetables. In Georgia, fillings wrapped in cabbage or vine leaves and stuffed peppers are … Continue reading
About Food – Chicken with Spicy Hazelnut Sauce
Nuts are a popular ingredient in Georgian cuisine. In this old, family recipe we show how to make a spicy hazelnut sauce for a fried chicken dish. Ingredients: 1 whole young chicken, 5 cloves of garlic, 150 grams of hazelnuts, 1 tsp of dried marigold, half tsp of dried coriander, half tsp of Blue Fenugreek, … Continue reading
About Sights – Batumi Dolphinarium
Batumi Dolphinarium (Georgian: ბათუმის დელფინარიუმი), in the city of Batumi on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, opened in 1975. At the time it was the first dolphinarium in the whole of the Soviet Union. Its facilities were upgraded in 2011. New pools, water filtration and temperature systems were installed and seating capacity increased to 700 spectators. … Continue reading
About Food – “Kargi Gogo”
Downtown Portland in the state of Oregon might be 6,388 miles from the country of Georgia but there is a part of SW Washington Street where the aroma of freshly baked Khachapuri (Georgian cheese bread) and hot spicy Khinkali (Georgian dumplings) will transport you there in an instant. Welcome to “Kargi Gogo”. “Kargi Gogo” Food Cart was established earlier this year by … Continue reading
About Sights – Signagi Museum
Signagi Museum, in the town of Signagi (Georgian: სიღნაღი) in Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti, was established in 1947 and contains exhibits providing glimpses of daily life in Eastern Georgia from the Stone Age to the 20th century. The Museum’s ethnographic collection contains five thousand artifacts, including textiles, copper and wooden domestic items, agricultural instruments, materials relating to … Continue reading
About Food – Georgian Sulguni Cheese
Sulguni (Georgian: სულგუნი) is a cheese from the Samegrelo region of Georgia. It has a sour, moderately salty flavor and an elastic consistency. Sulguni is made using only natural ingredients: normalized cow milk clotted by rennet with pure cultures of lactic bacteria. It is a “quick cheese” maturing in just one or two days. A typical sulguni … Continue reading
About Food – Spicy Beef and Pork Cutlets with Mashed Potato
Homemade minced meat cutlets are a popular family meal. Our recipe uses beef and pork, white bread, spices and onions. We served ours with mashed potato made with ground red pepper and fried onions. Ingredients for beef and pork patties: 500 grams of minced beef and pork mix, 1 medium sized onion, 1 egg, 200 grams of cornflour, 1 … Continue reading
About Sights – The Memorial of Georgian Warrior Heroes in Gori
The sculptures that comprise the Memorial of Georgian Warrior Heroes were made between 1981-85 by Georgian sculptor Giorgi Ochiauri (Georgian: ოჩიაური გოგი) and placed around the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Vake Park in Tbilisi. In 2009 the sculptures were moved to their present location at the foot of Gori Fortress in the city … Continue reading
About Food – Shkmeruli (chicken cooked in milk and garlic)
Shkmeruli (Georgian: შქმერული) is a chicken dish from the Racha region of Georgia. A young chicken is usually used for this recipe and is cooked in milk and garlic. Sour cream can be used instead of milk. Ingredients: 1 whole young chicken, 50 grams of garlic, 100 ml of milk (80 grams of sour cream … Continue reading
About Sights – Gori Fortress
Gori Fortress (Georgian: გორის ციხე) is a 13th century castle in Georgia, situated on a hill above the city of Gori (Georgian: გორი) in the Shida Kartli region of eastern Georgia. Located on the main highway connecting eastern and western parts of Georgia it was of strategic importance for many centuries and was attacked several times by … Continue reading
About Events – Kartli Wine Festival 2013
Georgia About attended the “Kartli Wine Festival” in the city of Gori (Georgian: გორი) in Shida Kartli region in eastern Georgia. The event aimed to promote and popularize Kartli wine. Visitors had an opportunity to speak to local wine producers, taste the wines, browse stalls displaying local crafts and also enjoy traditional music and a barbecue. The festival … Continue reading
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