CSEES Readings

January 23, 2021 Readings: “Central Asian Foodways” 

• Anthony Bourdain—No Reservations episode, “Uzbekistan”
  • https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pxlml
• “Baking Bread in Uzbekistan—Samarkand” (The Food Ranger)
  • https://www.facebook.com/thefoodranger/videos/320410079146905
• “From Hinterland to Heartland: 3 Recipes from Central Asia” (Extract from Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia From Hinterland to Heartland by Caroline Eden, The Calvert Journal)
  • https://www.calvertjournal.com/features/show/12363/red-sands-caroline-eden-central-asian-cuisine

• “The Cross-Cultural Cuisine of Nargis Bar & Grill” (Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker)
  • https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/26/the-cross-cultural-cuisine-of-nargis-bar-and-grill

• “Kazakhstan: Where Horses are Revered and Eaten” (Ryan Bell, National Geographic)
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/food/the-plate/2015/12/17/kazakhstan-where-horses-are-revered-and-eaten/
• “Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan” (Henry Wismayer, New York Times Travel)
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/travel/deep-into-the-dream-world-of-kyrgyzstan.html?searchResultPosition=1

• “The Nexus of Cuisine and Social Life Among Rural Uzbeks of the Ferghana Valley” (Dr. Russell Zanca)
  • Click here to read PDF file.
• “Incredibly RARE Muslim Street Food in DEEP China | SILK ROAD Street Food Series!” (The Food Ranger)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1x19gySa-s
• “Shadows on the Silk Road” (Paul Salopek, The New York Times)
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/opinion/walk-across-world-america.html?smid=em-share

Bibliography

• General and Food-Specific Bibliography for Central Asia as a World-Historical Region

Extras

• “Before coffee became the world’s favourite drink” (Tegan Minzie, The Lovepost)
  • https://www.thelovepost.global/decolonise-your-mind/poems/coffee-became-world%E2%80%99s-favourite-drink