How a Non Is Made: the Tandir and Its Bread on the Road from Fergana to Samarkind
By Maria Korneitchik
AT THE ENTRANCE TO Samarkand, we stopped at a small teahouse, a chaikhona — there are so many along the endless roads of Central Asia. They’re simple places, whether in a tent or a more significant establishment, sometimes without any sign or, on the contrary, with a flowery name. The chaikhonas offer not only tea but all…