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Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland by Caroline Eden norton Recognizable patterns of balladsFollow Caroline Eden across Central Asia from the Caspian shores to Uzbekistans Fergana Valley in Red Sands, a travel cookbook that reveals Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan through its market stalls, bountiful orchards, shared loaves, fragrant tea and the lives of people in this vibrant part of the world. In a quest to better understand this vast heartland of Asia, Caroline navigates a course from the shores of the