Recipes inspired by walks in Armenia and Georgia

Our cookbook of the week is Green Mountains by travel writer Caroline Eden.

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Jump to the recipes: two Armenian summertime salads , lamb with plums, green beans and cinnamon , and Gurian khachapuri .

After travelling from southern Armenia to northern Georgia, as much as she could on foot, Caroline Eden knows better than most the comfort and relief a meal devoured after a long walk can bring.

“In Georgia or Armenia, you’re going to be fed something pretty good. At the taverns, the bistros, the homestays, it’s not just a sandwich. It’s going to be a really interesting salad, some freshly baked bread, exceptional mineral water, maybe a glass of wine or Armenian brandy. It’s immense, the food in both of these countries,” says the Edinburgh, Scotland-based writer