With a name and billing like this, who could resist? Yesterday I had such fun: I led my first culinary walk for Istanbul Eats, a Guardian Travel Blog of the Month and a truly excellent ...
Trips and Other Interesting Bits and pieces
Sahlep: A Wonderful Turkish Winter Beverage
It's winter time again and it's certainly time for sahlep. It's a delicious warming drink and I highly recommend it - the real thing, of course! ************************* Sahlep is very special, ...
I am a Versatile Blogger!
Yesterday I was so chuffed. Today I am doubly so. I was nominated not once but twice for the Versatile Blogger Award! The first nomination came from the blog Pul Biber (with Everything) which means ...
The Kastamonu Market in Kasımpaşa
Despite low clouds over a steely grey Bosphorus, I had a great Sunday which started like this:Daughter No 1 and I had arranged to meet at 9.40 at the Sunday market in Kasımpaşa ...
Vendange near Vaison
One last post on things French and how much more French could this be? beautiful grapes just waiting to be picked We knew of course that Provence where we were is ...
The Joys of the South of France!
No more cooking for the next few days because TT and I are in the south of France! the ancient village of Eze Here we are overlooking the sparkling Mediterranean with the ancient village of Eze ...
Turkish Beach Food
There you are at last, stretched out under a sun umbrella, the sea a dazzling blue in front of you, a cloudless sky above, and what is your heart’s desire? Seems to me it would surely be something ...
I’m in Assos!
And where exactly is that, you may well ask – well, from Istanbul it takes 5 ½ hours to drive down. You cross the Dardanelles to Çanakkale and then down past Troy. This is a great area to visit if you ...