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With the onset of winter rain, we are enjoying the comforts of the improved road to our village house. When we started building in 1991, ...

It's exactly one year ago today that I received my last full-time salary cheque and joined the lotus eaters.  As a self-confessed work...

A big thank you goes to April of  In the kitchen with April  who has solved the mystery of how juniper molasses ( andız pekmez)  is created...

It's rare that I come across something new in Turkey so I was excited to discover an unfamiliar  ingredient at the cheese stall last ...

Why do I like living in Bodrum? Because on the 15th January in what by any calendar is the middle of winter,  Spring is in the air.  For...

When it's snowing in Istanbul and  the North wind blows, Bodrum temperatures drop to central European winter levels. The thermomete...

A mill pond stillness descends on Bodrum Harbour on Sunday Süt Liman literally "milk harbour"   I h...

. After Christmas and New Year, I always feel extra parsimonious so I'm  challenging myself to make the most of everything I buy in...

New Year's Eve dawned sunny and bright in Bodrum and it was warm enough to wander along the harbour without a coat. By midday, rest...

When Christmas morning starts with a sky this blue, it would be sacrilege to waste the day getting hot and bothered in a kitchen.  Tra...