“Do not dismiss the dish saying that it is just, simply food. The blessed thing is an entire civilization in itself!” Abdulhak Sinasi Turkish Cuisine: Prologue For those who travel engaged in culinary pursuits, Turkish Cuisine is a very, curious one. The variety of dishes that make up the cuisine, the ways they all come […]
ROMAN GLADIATORS IN EPHESOS WERE ON A VEGETABLE DIET
The analysis made on Roman gladiators bones buried in Ephesus shows that they might have been vegetarians, according to the news published in Plos One. In a study by the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna in cooperation with the Department of Anthropology at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the […]
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 decided at the UNESCO committee’s session in Baku on 5th December 2013. Around 800 delegates from 116 countries took part in the sitting, which included the discussions on 38 proposals and the proposal for including […]