Browsing by Category: Turkish Cuisine

Muhammara.

Last year my friend Can sent me to Antebi, a restaurant in Caddebostan (Istanbul) specializing in food from Southeastern Turkey. I was immediately hooked. Their richly spiced food, liberal use of pomegranate molassas, and quality ingredients are all the things I need in life. (more…)

Mixed grilled meats at Mangal 2.

I eat a lot of Turkish food (as a quick spin through the Turkish Cuisine archive will demonstrate). I don’t get much of it in Rome (unless I make it myself or snag an invite to Vinoroma‘s place) and I don’t get to Turkey as often as I’d like (which would be every other day), so (more…)

As 2010, Istanbul’s year as Europe’s Cultural Capital, draws to an end, I thought it was time to rework my guide to the city. (The fact that half a dozen friends are traveling there in the next couple of months provided additional motivation!) What follows are links, resources (more…)

In this week’s column for Scatti di Gusto, I visit ten of my favorite places to eat in Istanbul. You can check it out in English here and Italian here.

This week I visited the Göztepe Pazartesi Pazarı with my friend Tuba of Istanbul Food. You can read all about our street food outing at this Monday bazaar in Göztepe on Scatti di Gusto here. And check out the slide show above!