A friend of mine recently commented that although I am living in both the city and the garden, our city life is underrepresented in these posts. Of course, I began writing here when I was only living in the garden, and it has remained my focus but I see now that it is quite true …
Tag: Antalya
Beans just got more interesting
The other day I stopped at a roadside meatball place to grab a bite on my way to buy a few trees. Meatballs, or kofte, are sort of their own food group here, and one thing you can count on is that if a place specialises in grilled kofte, piyaz is probably on the menu …
In My Kitchen, December 2012
Signs of the season -- a two-kitchen edition! In My Kitchen is a neat series that started out at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial. To find more, go to the mother lode. In my kitchen this month, there are signs of the season. 1. Solidified olive oil in the A.M. When I went out …
A truly surreal day
So we are shuttling between the city and the garden again with school back in session, and for the past 5 days or so I was without an internet connection. It feels good to be back! Tonight we will go back to the garden for the weekend, but Baki has had a good first week …
literally lousy
When we woke up this morning, the plume of smoke that had been rising steadily from the hills had dissipated, so we had breakfast and headed home. Things seemed more or less normal when we got back, save the seething smoke above us. We soon noticed, though, that the fire was not out yet. There …
