Category Archives: Turkish Food!

On comfort in a foreign land – or – comfort in a cabbage leaf


It is 2 a.m. and I am wide awake.  I am in some anonymous hotel room in Maastricht, in the lower tip of the Netherlands near Brussels, jetlagged to beat the band.  My neighbors are drunk and puking, from the sound of … Continue reading

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Tarhana and a healthy breeze (not evil night air): Cross-cultural confusion #232


As I sit here in bed, recuperating from the combined effects of a sinus infection gone wild, an ovarian cyst in full protest and a wailing kidney stone, I have had a lot of time to think on cross-cultural approaches to … Continue reading

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Lemon and limon, çay and chai: Getting through tough times in a cross-cultural household


It’s been a tough week here at slowly-by-slowly on the extended family front.  I haven’t had a moment to queue or post one of my carefully-written stock posts crafted last summer about the progression of summer 2004 in Turkey with … Continue reading

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