A recent trip to Turkey inspired David Tanis’s latest dinner party menu. By David Tanis A few years ago, quite unexpectedly, I spent a glorious 24 hours in Istanbul. It was supposed to be a brief ...
Hospitality takes many forms. At Lokanta, a Turkish restaurant that opened in April, it manifests, counterintuitively, in the blustery bearing of the chef and owner, Orhan Yegen. There are very few ...
When Mahmud "Moody" Ugur wanted to open a Turkish restaurant in Austin based on the recipes he learned from his mother and grandmother in his hometown just south of Istanbul, he was told the concept ...
At Dervish, a new Turkish restaurant in Cedar Grove, diners are transported not to some vague Middle Eastern-meets-Mediterranean catch-all of lesser eateries, but to a specific and vibrant locale ...
The banner of Turkish food encompasses one of the world’s most diverse cuisines. The reach of the Ottoman empire and the historic trade routes spanning from Europe to Asia play a huge role in the food ...