When I was assigned to write a profile of Istanbul’s cocktail culture and its foremost figure, Alex Waldman, over a…
Photo by Şemsa Denizsel. There’s a lot of talk in Istanbul’s culinary circles lately about the “New Anatolian Cuisine”, an…
Photo credit: Elisia Menduni Yesterday I was a guest on Heritage Radio Network’s “The Speakeasy”. I had a blast talking…
The Euphrates. It’s the stuff that dreams and freshman year history classes are made of. I had seen its crescent-shaped…
It’s been a while since a trip has changed me for the better. Delays, lost luggage, interminable waits at baggage…
By noon, I was drenched in whey, caked in cow shit and my left hand itched. It was pretty much…
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