I have my own New Year and Christmas tradition: Giving people culinary gifts I have made myself. My German grandmother’s intense appreciation of “Hausgemachte Geschenken/homemade gifts” remains with me.
It was a photograph sent via WhatsApp that made me change my ways. I immediately diverted my route to a construction site to see the exciting finding.
It is all about pepper and ginger. The history of Christmas cookies is closely related to the European fascination with spices, or better to say fixation with spices. The spice trade has greatly altered world history and world cuisine, especially in Europe.
She never cooked until the age of 57
Turkey has three new entries in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN): Istanbul as a city of design, Kütahya as a city of crafts and folk art, and finally Hatay (also known as Antioch) as a city of gastronomy.
Diversification was the key word marking the recent 3rd Tourism Council in the capital Ankara.
It was a history of love and hate.
It was almost a decade ago. When we started studying a museum project on the gastronomy of Antalya, everyone was skeptical. People expressed their feelings in various ways.
The fruit of the plant genus “Ziziphus” is always a short-lived delight in the fall. In Turkey, it appeals to a great range of people, children and elderly in particular.
