Pazar changes its color like seasons. Fruits, flowers, vegetables even the stalls selling homemade produce change… spring is one of the liveliest times and as the summer approaches, I was not surprised to see the heap of clothing switched to heap of sun bathing suits, shorts, t-shirts… Some may be taken by…
Turkey, one of the most beautiful places in the whole big bad world. People, food, nature, culture, history… whatever you like, all in one. The sole reason why Turkey is my favorite place for travelling. Every region, every city, every village, all have their homogeneous sides as well as differences…
The grocery men found time to have a tea or two, at he back of their freshly stacked grocery on wheels. A lovely spring day at Van, before the earthquake, when life was just … Hoping, life gets back to normal soon for all the people of Van.
Pistachio, fıstık, is a true delicacy and one main ingredient for baklava, in Gaziantep. The pink smooth skin covers the shelled pistachio inside which still has a softer skin then the usual roasted one. The ones which have already cracked, growing their way outside he skin, pressuring it to open…
This timeless, this traditional flavor is so simple yet so hard to forget… Crunchy, twisted – literally -, sesame covered, oven baked savory pastry is a street taste. Some of us like it plain, some with Turkish tea and cheese, some with ayran, some with marmalade. No matter what you…
You start to smell burning coal while you stroll Istanbul these days. The fumes are like messengers of good news. Good news of approaching winter and the delicious winter tastes, and in this case it is the chestnuts grilling slowly on the small-tiny bbq’s of street sellers. Just go out,…