If tea is considered the center of culture in Central Asia, the chaikhana is where that tradition was bred and cultivated. For weary merchants…

I’ll be attending the Christian Authors of the Pacific Northwest annual Christmas Book Fair on November 15, 2025, at Calvary Chapel in McMinnville, Oregon…

Non bread is the traditional accompaniment to any Central Asian meal. Known for their large disc shape and depressed center, these bread rounds are…

Hospitality was vital to the transport of goods throughout the history of the Silk Road. Weary merchants, having travelled hundreds of miles, relied on…

Imagine a caravan of merchants and camels slogging hundreds of miles across the desert and steppe. They’ve taken great risk hauling expensive goods like…

Samarkand. Pearl of the East. City of Famous Shadows. Like Timbuktu and Kathmandu, the name Samarkand evokes a sense of grandeur and danger, of…