Thus his mind will be able to develop." Daba, his friend Bulat, a photographer and cameraman, and I are sitting in a roadside cafe, eating buuz dumplings with minced beef – the Buryat national dish.

It seems like every culture has its own take on dumplings. From Chinese bao, wontons, or jiaozi (more commonly known in the U.S. as potstickers) to Italian ravioli and tortellini, and Polish ...