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I’m sitting in the lobby now of the Varuna Hotel in Kerpe. Kerpe is a small town on the Black Sea, about 50 minutes from Izmit. The main area of the town consists of a strip of nice fish restuarants right on the water with great views of the sea. There’s a small, but packed […]

We ate last weekend at the brand new Turkish restaurant which has opened in Park Slope called “Alaturka”. They had only been open a week when we went. Usually I like to give new places a few months to settle in before trying it, but since we’ve been waiting so long for a Turkish restaurant […]

This is the picturesque city of Amasya, Turkey. We took this photo in July, 2005. There is a technique called “tilt-shifting” which produces this miniature effect. I believe it normally requires a special lens but I read a good tutorial about how to fake it using Photoshop. Our photos from Amasya proved to be perfect […]

I found an amazing Turkish food blog on eGullet yesterday. Bob is an American living in Turkey and writes about everything related to Turkish food with a little bit of culture mixed in. There are recipes, discussions about ingredients, food history, and Turkish culture. The photos are a fascinating snapshot into culintary life in Turkey […]