naomi duguid

Thanksgiving weekend is coming up, and my new book TASTE OF PERSIA is just out, so it seems like a good time to post a recipe from the book,...

Here we are on the eve of the solstice, the shortest darkest day of the year. I like it, for it marks the start of our climb back into the ...

Suddenly, here in Yerevan, I realise that I have now been away for four weeks. I feel as if I have been here in Armenia for four weeks; that...

Greetings from the Caucasus. When I last wrote I was in Azerbaijan. Now, have a couple of days in Tbilisi, I'm in Yerevan, capital of Ar...

I've now been in the village of Lahic (pronounced lahitch) for two days. It's in a steep sided valley, in the foothills of the Cauca...

I've been thinking about the difference between anticipation and arrival, these last couple of days, my first days in Baku, Azerbaijan. ...

Last time I posted I was chasing after the use and abuse of the words artisanal and rustic. I proposed that we ditch them, at least for awh...