Istanbul and Turkish Cuisine

Listening time73min
Episode25

This episode features the cuisine of Turkey and the city of Istanbul. We interview Hardy Griffin and Banu Ozer Griffin who lived and enjoyed the cuisine of Turkey for years before moving to the US.

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Episode: 25 - 2024-03-30

Istanbul and Turkish Cuisine

This episode features the cuisine of Turkey and the city of Istanbul. We interview Hardy Griffin and Banu Ozer Griffin who lived and enjoyed the cuisine of Turkey for years before moving to the US.

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Episode: 24 - 2024-03-01

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This episode features the cuisine of Sicily. Sicily is the largest island of Italy and is known for it's volcanic mountains and North African influence to it's cuisine and architecture. This Mediterranean island has spectacular beauty and has been featured in the public TV series Inspector Montalbano.

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A garden in Ragusa, Sicily

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Episode: 23 - 2024-02-15

Cooking Essentials - Seasoning with Salt

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Episode: 22 - 2024-02-02

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This episode features a discussion with chef and professor, Matthew James Duffy. Matthew is a classically trained fine dining chef that has a passion for bread making and teaches at the Centennial College in Toronto Canada. Matthew has a micro bakery and shares his passion for Sourdough and baking online and has created a social media community of bakers.

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In this episode we interview author and cook, Paulette Licitra. Paulette study culinary arts and and practiced in New York City before brining her talents to Nashville. She teaches cooking there and has authored two books on Italian cooking and also conducts culinary tours of Italy.

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Episode: 19 - 2023-11-30

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Giulia Scarpaleggia - Cookbook author, writer of JulsKitchen.com and podcaster.

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Episode: 12 - 2023-05-25

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Episode: 11 - 2023-05-07

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Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

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Mardi Gras

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Photo by Micky White on Unsplash

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Episode: 7 - 2023-02-03

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Photo by SJ on Unsplash

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Tiramisu

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Episode: 3 - 2022-11-19

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Episode: 2 - 2022-09-29

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Episode: 1 - 2022-09-07

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