Artful Eating

By the way, I loved all the fresh foods and the markets in Moscow....amazing!

I remember Alayskiy and Chorsu Bazaars in Tashkent.  Loved them!  I tell people that I didn't appreciate eating well until I lived in Uzbekistan that year.  Reason:  In America, we focus on eating fast and in a hurry.  Often times the food is not prepared fresh due to both parents working and people wanting fast and convenient over healthy.  In Uzbekistan, and then later in Thailand, I learned to slow down when eating and learn to appreciate eating "as an art."  I loved how you socialized at the dinner and didn't have on the tv.  I know times are changing in central asia but I hope Uzbeks don't become too westernized in their eating habits.  

- 2010 note to an Uzbek friend living in Moscow