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Bitter celebrations AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Bitter celebrations

This week, three religions unite in celebration (or non-celebration) under the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus succeeded in one thing definitely, uniting all under the equal threat of it. No religion is exempt, no person with or without belief can escape the fact that life will take time to get back to normal, if ever.

April 05 2020
The power of social media AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

The power of social media

As COVID-19 spreads fast, another phenomenon has come to rival the speed of its diffusion across the globe: Posting recipes, food videos, gastronomy talks and discussions to Instagram has become all the rage – as has online tastings even.

March 29 2020
Pasta mania AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Pasta mania

How food preferences of the Chinese eating bat soup made people in the U.K. or U.S. stock up on pasta is a phenomenon that can best be explained by the butterfly effect. Of course, it is already known that this entire bat soup story was fake news, but the panic buying of pasta is real.

March 22 2020
Pandemic panic AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Pandemic panic

Covid-19 is sweeping the planet like a plague. Thankfully, it is not as deadly, but the panic the coronavirus has stirred is worthy of rethinking our global order.

March 15 2020
A tale of two ladies AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

A tale of two ladies

Claudia Roden, 83, is like the grand dame of food writing. She is the queen of Middle Eastern cuisine, a pioneer in writing about the culinary culture of countries like Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.

March 08 2020
Food, fads and the future: Is siyez saved AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Food, fads and the future: Is siyez saved?

Nowadays, every celebrity chef in Turkey worth their salt uses “siyez” wheat bulgur.

March 01 2020
Bring on the Beans: Baklahorani AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Bring on the Beans: Baklahorani

It’s time to bid farewell to the gluttony and excess of fat days and prepare oneself for the lean days of Lent. It’s out with all the meat and dairy products, and in with beans and greens.

February 23 2020
Pas de Deux: Flying Four Hands AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Pas de Deux: Flying Four Hands

I met Igor in Gaziantep. Previously, I had met Ana in Istanbul, then for a second time in Bilbao. I’m talking about the Russian chef Igor Grishechkin and the Slovenian chef Ana Roš.

February 16 2020
Vegan vogue AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Vegan vogue

The Academy Awards, known shortly as the Oscar, is following the trend and joining the vegan-vegetarian van.

February 09 2020