October-November 2014: Istanbul Last week I was happily out of Istanbul on Heybeliada, one of the fabled Princes Islands in the Sea of Marmara. We were on a photo trek and the day ...
Markets
Monthly Market Update: What’s in and What’s not in the Turkish Pazars
September-October 2014: Istanbul A few years ago I used to be on the BCC [the British Community Council] here in Istanbul. Our mission was varied but one of my particular tasks was to write the ...
A Sunday Market in Provence
funny squashed-looking peaches/nectarines on sale just down from Montmartre in Paris - personally I prefer the taste of our Bursa ones If you have been following my blog at all, you will ...
Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes …
August is THE month for the best, the tastiest, the reddest, the juiciest of tomatoes. Here in the Assos region, those from the tarla or fields around Çanakkale are the ones most available and ...
The Joys of being Seasonal in Turkey: loquats/malta eriği and green plums/yeşil eriği
Why am I such a total aficionado of being a seasonal cook in Turkey? For example, we were out to dinner last week at Sahan in Suadiye: the reason we went there is to enjoy their fabulous kebab with ...
Time for Beetroot Again!
one beautiful beetroot with just enough stalk left so as to avoid 'bleeding' during boiling Just back from my regular Monday morning market in nearby Selami Çeşme where the beginnings of spring ...
Istanbul’s very own Black Sea market!
Of course I am referring to the Sunday market in Kasımpaşa which I blogged about just over two years ago. It's such a great place! It's the one where folk living in Kastamonu and İnebolu up by ...
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne: Another Market Visit!
From the humid delights of Singapore, on we flew to Melbourne, our first visit to what has turned out to be a very lovely, very friendly city, located on the Yarra River in the south of ...