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Most of the northern hemisphere welcomed spring with unexpected snowfalls. April photos picturing cities covered with a white blanket of frost was...
No, this not a phrase made up just for the sake of a catchy title! This must have been the perception of the plant Borago officinalis in 16th and 17th...
What do Denmark, Peru and South Korea have in common? This question has an obvious answer for anyone who is in the gastronomy sector. They have all...
Imagine a feast featuring a myriad of dishes bearing names such as potage crème royale, burek, paupiette à la reine, croustade de foie gras à la...
It was the day before International Women’s Day when I heard the news about the funeral of our Hittite Queen Puduhepa. No, I’m not hallucinating...
Looking up at the mighty mountains I couldn’t help but think: How could he do that? How could that happen? How did all those elephants cross the...
The countdown has begun. As the Chinese New Year approaches, the festive excitement is in the air for at least one fifth of the world’s population,...
It is everybody’s right to have a decent meal of meatballs. This is exactly what is written on the package of the iconic Ikea köttbullar. The label...
When Levent Kömür, the new CEO of Mey group, raised his glass to all the women on the table, it was a memorable moment marking the end of a long...
The world of gastronomy has evolved enormously in the past few decades. It has almost become like the fashion world, always looking for the answer to...
Lentils used to be important for us. Everyone in my generation will remember lentil promotion programs in the early years of the Turkish national TV...
This is the story of how a ship changed the destiny of a family, and how that ship became synonymous with olive oil. It all started in the 1850’s...
All my Scorpio friends, they say that our agony of so many years is now over and 2018 will be brighter. I’m personally fed up with frustrated end of...
Defining regional Anatolian cuisine is complicated. When talking about the cookery of a certain region, borders seem to diminish, ethnicities vanish...
The Latin phrase “Ex Oriente Lux” stands for “out of the east, light comes.” Civilization, like light, originates in the east, just as the sun...
I have my own New Year and Christmas tradition: Giving people culinary gifts I have made myself. My German grandmother’s intense appreciation of...