This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Dilnoza warmly welcomes you into her home with a ceremonial hand washing tradition and a welcome drink of green or black tea and Uzbek snacks like dried fruit compote and slices of kazi, a traditional smoked meat snack or kurt, cheese. Next, join your host Dilnoza in her kitchen to learn to cook an authentic home-cooked Uzbek meal from recipes that have been passed down through generations in her family. Your cooking class involves learning to make traditional Uzbek dishes such as a salad and the main “palov” from scratch and will last about 2 hours. Learn how to prepare a traditional Uzbek meal before you gather around a traditional Uzbeki dining table, located low to the ground to share the meal you helped prepare. Your traditional meal includes bread, a salad of tomato, cucumber, onion and basil in a lemon dressing and a main of palov, a traditional Uzbek dish of meat, rice and vegetables. Your meal will conclude with a local sweet like halva, pashmak (candy floss) or kazinaki. On days that her husband and children are home, they will join you for your meal.