Turkey and All The Trimmings - Diving into Culinary Istanbul
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I'm thankful that I had the chance to live and work in Turkey for several years. On this Thanksgiving, I am in Hawaii, but I look back at Turkey...and all the Trimmings. Happy Thanksgiving from Vagobond! The Blue Mosque Spiritual Center of Istanbul I love Istanbul. It's big, it's ancient, it's filled with people from all over the world, but most of all – it's delicious. Like the city, the food of Istanbul is a mixture of the large, the old, the international and, well, deliciousness. To help explain what I mean by that – here's a very brief history of Turkey. Turkey was the birthplace of the founder of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It was the greater part of Alexander the Great's Empire, it was the Eastern Roman Empire, and it controlled Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa as part of the Ottoman Empire. After World War I, Turkey was split into regions controlled by different European powers and after Attaturks' war of Independence it became modern Turkey. The Western part of Turkey is in Europe, the Eastern part of Turkey is in Asia. If you're looking for the center of the world – Turkey is it. If you're looking for a world cuisine, go no further than Istanbul.
Turkey and All The Trimmings - Diving into Culinary Istanbul
Turkey and All The Trimmings - Diving into…
Turkey and All The Trimmings - Diving into Culinary Istanbul
I'm thankful that I had the chance to live and work in Turkey for several years. On this Thanksgiving, I am in Hawaii, but I look back at Turkey...and all the Trimmings. Happy Thanksgiving from Vagobond! The Blue Mosque Spiritual Center of Istanbul I love Istanbul. It's big, it's ancient, it's filled with people from all over the world, but most of all – it's delicious. Like the city, the food of Istanbul is a mixture of the large, the old, the international and, well, deliciousness. To help explain what I mean by that – here's a very brief history of Turkey. Turkey was the birthplace of the founder of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It was the greater part of Alexander the Great's Empire, it was the Eastern Roman Empire, and it controlled Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa as part of the Ottoman Empire. After World War I, Turkey was split into regions controlled by different European powers and after Attaturks' war of Independence it became modern Turkey. The Western part of Turkey is in Europe, the Eastern part of Turkey is in Asia. If you're looking for the center of the world – Turkey is it. If you're looking for a world cuisine, go no further than Istanbul.