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  • 24, June
    Another great trip to Syria with a wonderful group. We had great fun despite being driven by possibly the most…
  • 24, June
    Finally back in London and already missing the bustling Arab markets with their abundance of seasonal produce and where I…
  • 24, June
    Back from Gaziantep and already missing its colourful bazaars and all the delicious food we ate there. Too much of…
  • 24, June
    Well, there had to be a redeeming feature. The boutique hotel we had just arrived in in Gaziantep was awful,…
  • 24, June
    Here is another guest post from my wonderful and very erudite friend, Charles Perry. It  is just as fascinating as the…
  • 24, June
    Only two weeks in London and already my travels seem very far away, with the only vivid memory being a…
  • 24, June
    I seem to have a love/hate relationship with everything and everybody. One minute I love one person or one place…
  • 23, June
    When I was doing the research for my baking book, I kept coming across variations on the same breads throughout the…
  • 23, June
    Here is a salad from Gaziantep that is very intriguing. I saw it being made at the home of Belgin,…
  • 23, June
    I was looking at a great blog called Chroniques du Plaisir which has several features (it was my month of … or beauty of…