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Prima Ficus AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Prima Ficus

The fig has to be the first fruit ever. Don’t say that it was the apple, referring to the incontestable Adam and Eve story, and even if the seductive fruit was the apple, it was fig leaves the couple used to clad the crucial areas of their bodies

August 16 2015
Gin or genie AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Gin or genie?

Time to admit, I have a fondness for gin and tonic, or maybe just gin with a dash of vermouth.

August 09 2015
Blue moon beyond borders AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Blue moon beyond borders

Leros is quiet and tranquil. The little seaside cafes are not crowded; there is a fresh breeze

August 02 2015
The great grape fraternity AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

The great grape fraternity

Throat Scratcher and Bull’s Eye… Not exactly the ideal words to provoke one’s appetite to a new culinary experience

July 26 2015
Swap on Map AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Swap on Map

To follow the track is almost impossible! It is 37 chefs at 37 restaurants from around the world, plus the 37 ambassadors in each restaurant, not to mention the kitchen teams and families of all chefs affected by the greatest, crazy game ever, namely “The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle,” an experience of a lifetime.

July 19 2015
Shifts to Shuffles AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Shifts to Shuffles

Stardom does not come easily in the culinary world. Endless shifts on the kitchen counter, chopping and cutting all day long, toiling over the stove for hours, aching feet, cuts and bruises, not to mention deep burn scars, are all part of it.

July 12 2015
Remembering Sophie AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Remembering Sophie!

He remembers fondly their trip to Rome and talks about how it all got started. It must have been sometime around 1975.

July 05 2015
Sweet stories and sticky histories AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Sweet stories and sticky histories

Istanbul has been has the hub of three imperial haute cuisines, making use of not only lo-cal but imported foodstuffs ranging from caviar from the north coast of the Black Sea to spices from India

June 28 2015
Barley fields & cocoa beans AYLİN ÖNEY TAN

Barley fields & cocoa beans

I’m in a time machine. I see history repeating itself. There are moments when I completely forget about the sense of where I am or why I’m here and I find myself asking: “Where is here anyway?”

June 21 2015