Stuffed Grape Leaves

Along the Silk Road, almost every country has its own version of this favorite. As you get closer to the Mediterranean, stuffed grape leaves are found as a starter and can be eaten warm or cold. They bear delicious testimony to the fact that ingenious cooks have often found ways to make a delicacy from something that would otherwise be discarded. In this case, vineyards have been scattered throughout the region for literally thousands of years, producing a by-product of grape leaves that ju