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Garlic Chicken With Tony: Anthony Bourdain in Tbilisi
That call came on the morning of November 14 as I was in bed massaging my head, a pounding miserableness that smacked of dirty chacha. My five-year old daughter was doing her fart in daddy’s face trick to rouse him while a voice on the phone told me there had been terrorist attacks in Paris and that the writer had to return home immediately before they could shoot. “Can you meet us at Gabriadze’s in an hour?” Then I understood. I was going to have lunch with Anthony Bourda
Paul Rimple
Jun 115 min read
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Khashlama Chasers
Nothing better than a platter of khashlama after meeting a renegade Kakhetian tornado It took the tornado fifteen minutes to hit us from...
Paul Rimple
Aug 10, 20246 min read
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Poliphonia: A Reason to celebrate
I want to say that like so many first meetings in Georgia, I met John Wurdeman at a supra, but the truth is I met him a couple hours...
Paul Rimple
Sep 2, 20235 min read
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Blue Fox - As Fine As Tbilisi Dining Gets
Chef Jaume wants to feed people, not give them coronaries.
Paul Rimple
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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A Deep Dive Into Tbilisi's Dezerter’s Bazaar
"...You are our guests. I am head of the pick-pocket’s union, nobody will bother you.”
Paul Rimple
Apr 4, 20239 min read
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Tastes Like a Zugdidi Wedding: Qartuli Restaurant
* Sponsored Content Last week I walked through the revolving door at the Ambassadori Hotel and was greeted by an attractive hostess who...
Paul Rimple
Mar 1, 20233 min read
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Dinner With The Draft Dodgers
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made victims of all of us. Soviet monument to Russian-Georgian friendship on the Russian Military...
Paul Rimple
Oct 20, 20227 min read
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Flashback: A Cossack Black Sea Cruise
With a Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, my thoughts go back to more innocent days, when Crimea was Ukrainian, Yalta was an open...
Paul Rimple
Feb 21, 20226 min read
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A Cop Shop Christmas
I should have been putting the Christmas turkey in the oven. Instead, I was at the Ortachala police station. Two nights earlier, three...
Paul Rimple
Jan 12, 20227 min read
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A Letter To Jeremiah Tower
Paul Rimple working brunch with Christine Bradley at The Deer Park Tavern.
Paul Rimple
Nov 9, 202113 min read
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BLACK SEA DIARY
How China Spiced Up My Black Sea Holiday Part 2: Hot Pot Port In 2003 Batumi was a down at the heels port town and the home of a little...
Paul Rimple
Oct 25, 20214 min read
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black sea diary
How China Spiced Up My Black Sea Holiday. Part 1: Bean Clams Kaprovani is a community of beach rentals snuggled in a seaside pine forest...
Paul Rimple
Oct 18, 20213 min read
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