The Trip

Here, to ring in this new year, is an ode to what should be the next great culinary star from the country of Georgia, the perfect vessel of unadorned cholesterol, the cosmic collision of flour, butter, egg and cheese: Khachapuri. Links: R&K weeklong culinary journeys: The League of Travelers [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/d58f4366-9a23-11e6-bc62-dba24ba6b9fb/podcasts/51d96f80-c4be-11e7-904f-87fe615f7416/episodes/roadsandkingdoms.com/league] Georgian market tours: Meet Me Here Tbilisi [meetmeheretbilisi.com] Mexico City Market Tours: Eat Like a Local [https://eatlikealocal.com.mx/] Market Tours everywhere else: Culinary Backstreets [https://culinarybackstreets.com/] Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan [https://www.amazon.com/Taste-Persia-Travels-Azerbaijan-Kurdistan/dp/1579655483/ref=asc_df_1579655483/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312069235624&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4701350184345725846&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011879&hvtargid=pla-406163950313&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=58874700621&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312069235624&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4701350184345725846&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011879&hvtargid=pla-406163950313] Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes, Through Darkness and Light [https://www.amazon.com/Black-Sea-Dispatches-Recipes-Darkness/dp/1787131319/ref=sr_1_2?crid=23RB0ETWI7IG3&keywords=Caroline+Eden&qid=1642456846&s=books&sprefix=caroline+eden%2Cstripbooks%2C75&sr=1-2] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Now that it's cold and flu (and COVID) season, it's time for Georgia's Dayquil of the gods: the pomace brandy called Chacha. Host of The Trip Nathan Thornburgh explains its appeal. Seize the chacha [https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2018/chacha-in-georgia/] by Ansel Mullins Nikalas Marani [https://www.instagram.com/nikalas_marani/] on IG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Trip from Roads & Kingdoms and host Nathan Thornburgh is back, with a tight new format, plus lots of distilled alcohol and Soviet helicopters in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains. The Light of the Caucasus: Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev [https://time.com/3780590/yuri-kozyrev-georgia/] Georgia: Q&A with Photographer Natela Grigalashvili [https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2013/grigalashvili/] Abkhazia: Paradise Lost [https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2012/abkhazia/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Roads & Kingdoms online [http://roadsandkingdoms.com/] R&K Instagram [instagram.com/roadsandkingdoms] Return to Catalunya video series with Bourdain and Goulding [https://explorepartsunknown.com/play/return-to-catalunya/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Holding a diverse community together in a time of gathering threats is no easy act. Barcelona's Chief Rabbi thinks he's up to the task. Prior Chief Rabbi of Barcelona “Europe is Lost” [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/barcelona-terror-attack-chief-rabbi-meir-bar-hen-jews-move-israel-europe-is-lost-a7903111.html] The Hidden Stories of Barcelona’s Jews [https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/the-hidden-stories-of-barcelona-s-jews-1.497377] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]