It is a dish that has been prepared by multiple peoples for centuries, resulting in a culinary masterpiece: kofta kebab! There are countless variations of it. This spiced ground meat kebab is loved and eaten in countries as diverse as Egypt, Sudan, Iran, and Azerbaijan. In Turkey alone there have been about 300 different recipes for kofta-kebab accounted for. Host of The Geography of Taste Vladimir Pavlov respects the traditions while bringing in an element of culinary experimentation, adding an aromatic pomegranate sauce and an eggplant meze dish (a well-seasoned side dish that in the Middle East is considered just as big a gastronomic hit as kofta kebab itself).