Our best souvenir of Turkey was not a rug, a set of tea cups or some blue evil-eye charm. It was the newest member of our happy household, this sweet little guy: We’ve named him Sugar Duck. This is why: See, we had dinner at a cheapie restaurant in Edirne where they had the red [...]
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File all this under Things I Wish I’d Eaten More Of. 1. Fresh mizithra We drove to the next little town to visit the place that makes the killer sheep’s-milk yogurt, with its nice crusty top. I’ve read rapturous descriptions of fresh ricotta, but I didn’t really believe it until they fed us the mizithra, [...]
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Want a real mind-bending experience when you travel? Don’t worry so much about what to eat. Focus on the odd things there are to drink. That’s where you get into severe mind-warping territory. Exhibit A: Salgam Suyu (Sorry–there’s a little cedilla under the s, and also under a c farther down. I’ve taught myself a [...]
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Help me out here, Internet. I’m trying to identify a mystery fruit. Or maybe fruits. There are three stories to tell: Incident #1: Lebanon A nice Druze woman on a bus in the Chouf mountains in Lebanon told me her favorite fruit was Persian aprict–mishmish ajami. She said it stayed green, and was both sweet [...]
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I'm Zora O'Neill. I travel and eat. I'm a:
*Guidebook author for Lonely Planet, Moon and Rough Guides
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