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Culinary Journeys in Turkey with Jale Boga Robertson

Please contact us if you would like to set up your own group for a private trip.


For thousands of years the land we now know as modern Turkey is called Anatolia.  It was the home of many of the world’s great civilizations including the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans. Lying at the heart of Asia Minor, Anatolia connected the east and west not only geographically but culturally as well.  Turkey is the melting pot of these rich cultures including Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians, Greeks, Armenians, Sephardic Jews, Georgians, and many more. Its varied cuisine reflects the country’s history as the epicenter of trade between Europe and Asia.  Exotic spice markets and historic covered bazaars offer the traveler treasures from four corners of the globe.

  


Here is our most popular culinary trip itinerary in Turkey. Please contact us for more details.

Join us on a culinary journey to Turkey.  Our dear friend and renowned chef, Musa Dagdeviren, will open his kitchen to us at his popular restaurant, Ciya, located on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus. While we watch him masterfully prepare his special regional delicacies, we’ll learn the history of Anatolian cuisine. Come prepared to learn and enjoy a cooking journey through the ancient world of Anatolia.

Highlights of this trip include:

  • 4 nights Istanbul, 3 nights Bodrum, 3 nights Cappadocia

  • Explore Istanbul’s historic old quarter where we’ll enjoy guided walking tours of the grand classics including the Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Topkapi Palace and Harem, and the great dome of Saint Sophia. 

  • Travel off the beaten path to visit farmers markets where villagers sell their fresh produce including olives, cheese, herbs, honey, etc,...

  • Enjoy a cup of Turkish coffee or tea at traditional teahouses.

  • Sample the local street foods such as stuffed mussels, simit, borek, doner, etc,... 

  • Dinner with Slow Food Bodrum members...

  • Visiting the villages of Aegean for cooking classes and meals at locals' home..

  • Hiking the surreal landscape of Cappadocia with visits to the Early Christian churches with lapis lazuli murals...

  • Learning to cook with claypot in Cappadocia...

  • Wine tastings and learning about Turkish wines...

  • Meeting the food experts, cookbook writers, cheese makers, bakers,....

  • Boutique hotel accommodations...

 

 

Related Links:

Paula Wolfert's article about chef Musa Dagdeviren at Food and Wine July 2004 issue

"Istanbul is a city made up of food streets, my kind of town" Patricia Unterman (SF Examiner) Click here for the full article about Ciya and the food scene in Istanbul


 

 

         Consider extending your trip...

         Journey to
Ephesus on a two-day extension, where we walk the marble streets  and explore Roman antiquities. Join our three day extension to Cappadocia, where we visit ancient underground cities and walk through surrealistic landscapes.

 

 
   
   
   

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