My stories, tastes and travels. Istanbul based but my thoughts are never far from the Black Sea.
As mentioned in a previous post, my in-laws are currently staying with me and my father-in-law really enjoys going to the market. He likes to buy things in great quantity. Recently when he had the feeling that the price of potatoes and onions was going to go up, he started to stockpile kilos and kilos of …
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I grew up near Chicago home of the Italian beef sandwich which is believed to have been created by Italian immigrants working in the stockyards. They had access to undesirable, tough cuts of beef which they then roasted and braised in herbs and garlic to make tender. Through necessity the sandwich was born. These days …
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Earlier this July my friends and I embarked upon a tour of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Georgia. Both of these countries are Turkey’s neighbor to the east. While Georgia is geographically closer to Turkey, culturally Azerbaijan is much more similar. They are a predominantly Muslim country who speak a Turkic language so the basics …
Keshkek Meshkek 