Uzbekistan, located in the heart of Central Asia, boasts a cuisine that reflects its rich history, diverse cultural ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Every day, Uzbek bakers hand-roll and stamp 8,000 loaves of bread. Shaped like wheels, these loaves are dense and chewy, with a golden crust and ...

The yeast used in the bread keeps it fresh for a long time. The amazing breadmakers of Samarkand, Uzbekistan spend their days diving in head first (into the burning hot oven) to stick the circular ...

Bread is sacred in Uzbekistan. The BBC visits Samarkand to see how the fabled wheel-shaped bread loaves are made.

If plov is ubiquitous then bread in Uzbekistan is sacred. Wheels of non-bread are sold on almost every corner – stretched dough baked in tandyr ovens. In the Fergana Valley bakers sell the bread ...

If you want to piss off a Georgian, tell them that khachapuri, a top contender for the title of world’s best cheesy bread, is an Uzbek dish. Many of the dishes at Sofiya, the new Uzbek restaurant in ...