Uzbekistan's beloved national dish, plov, is widely believed to have aphrodisiac qualities and so it's traditionally eaten on Thursdays – a popular day for conceiving children. Plov – a medley of rice ...

I had the good fortune to travel to Boulder, Colorado, recently. It is a beautiful place with an interesting food scene. The Boulder Dushanabe Teahouse, an iconic building and restaurant, can be found ...

Tashkent (AFP) – The sweet-flavoured, yellow carrots grown by Uzbek farmer Mukhtor Gazatov are a key ingredient in his country's national pilaf dish -- but extreme weather has devastated this year's ...

Plov, the national dish of Uzbekistan, is both a street food and a celebrated culinary art form. In this video, we explore "The Central Asian Plov Centre" in Tashkent, where skilled chefs prepare over ...

The traditional Central Asian rice dish was one of the contributions the Soviet republics made to Russian cuisine. Trying to make plov is like trying to copy Van Gogh – you know you’ll never get there ...

This week we finish our latest series of Postcards by enjoying a traditional Uzbek dinner, with a visit to a top restaurant. This week we finish our latest series of Postcards by enjoying a ...

Plov is a Uzbek culinary institution throughout the homes of 35 million people. This year, intense droughts are forcing farmers to increase the price of its key ingredient – carrots. The ...