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A round-up of the best baklava in Queens, New York, led off by the story of my family’s baklava shop in Astoria.
Published in Culinary Backstreets. Read it here.
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Following the founders of Culinary Backstreets, Ansel Mullins and Yigal Schliefer, around Istanbul to discover how they pick what goes into the then single city guide that has now become a multi-city, international phenomenon.
Published in Gastronomica. Read it here.
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Looking at efforts to keep the Greek language alive in Istanbul, Turkey through minority schools and a creative Greek government initiative.
Published in EurasiaNet. Read it here.
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Go beyond the usual tourist sites in Turkey to explore the full country, with recommendations on Hittite, Ottoman Turkish, Byzantine and Ancient Greek, and Modern Turkish sites.
Published in Time Out Istanbul. Read it here.
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Visiting Orhan Pamuk’s museum with the novel in hand.
Published in The Guide Istanbul. Read it here.
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Surveying the scene of Greek musicians who have made Istanbul their home —and have revived the Greek-Turkish jazz form, rebetiko, for contemporary audiences.
Published in Hürriyet Daily News. Read it here.
