While you can find countless varieties of these breads across Uzbekistan, the most legendary loaves are baked in the city of Samarkand. Here, bread is sacred and made with the utmost care.

The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the ...

"That's how we survived," he said. "But we survived." The root of all their recipes is Samarkand-style authentic Uzbek food. Their most traditional is the polov — a combination of rice ...

Bread is treated as a sacred staple in Uzbekistan. The BBC visits a bakery where 10,000 loaves of the fabled Samarkand bread are hand-rolled, individually stamped, and baked in a tandoor every day.