Gastronomy
Turkish food and drink, dish by dish: baklava, manti, simit, olives, coffee and more, with their stories and some recipes.
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A Turkish Drink for Winter Nights: Boza
A sound echoing in the streets reminds us of cold winter nights in our childhood. With their familiar call of ‘Boza!’ street…
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Turkish Baklava
Of all Turkey’s delicious sweet confections, the most famous one is baklava. This exquisitely flavored pastry has been made in Anatolia for…
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The Bitter Coffee of Southeastern Turkey: Mirra
If any aroma were especially associated with the East it would be that of coffee. In coffee a journey westwards over the…
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The Noah’s Pudding: Asure
Asure has venerable associations, being ascribed to the times of Noah’s Flood. It is said to have been invented after the Ark…
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Malatya Gold: The Apricots
When the 17th-century Turkish writer Evliya Celebi, who traveled throughout the Ottoman Empire recording everything he saw, visited Malatya he remarked upon…
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The Story of Turkish Food
“Do not dismiss the dish saying that it is just, simply food. The blessed thing is an entire civilization in itself!” Abdulhak…
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Share & Care of St. Basil at Thanksgiving in Cappadocia
Ready and packed for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at this Thanksgiving? Those were the words of Basil the Great, the Cappadocian church father,…
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Turkish Coffee Is in UNESCO
Turkish Coffee (Turkish: Turk Kahvesi) is now included in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turks by UNESCO. The issue was…