I am back from a long, lavish vacation which involved:
A beautiful wedding on this beautiful terrace.
Super cigarettes, cerignola olives and pickled onions alongside Negronis.
Steep terraces sweeping down the coast of Amalfi, overflowing with citrus, tomatoes and eggplants.
Several small plastic glasses of Granita made from the gargantuan lemons of Amalfi.
Smoked mozzarella served on the perfumed leaves of the aforementioned delectable fruit.
Several plates of fresh mozzarella eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Several glasses of Bellini made from sweet-scented white peaches sipped in between breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Grilled, fried, braised crustaceans and cephalopods.
Neapolitan pizza.
A delicious lunch in Atrani.
Queen Amidala's Royal Palace on Naboo.
A ferry ride to Capri. A scooter ride in Capri.
Pergolatas.
One beautiful night in Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi within stonewalls, among fields and orchards.
An excellent lunch in Massa Lubrenze.
Birra Lurisia.
This car and this song.
Rome.
A charming guesthouse.
Favorite church in Rome.
Several takes on the infamous all'amatriciana.
Roman pizza.
Mario Testino's Todo O Nada.
Fresh cream that Romans smear on their gelato.
A flight to Turkey.
Experiments on milky Turkish deserts.
Experiments on late summer vegetables.
Daily visits to farmer's markets of the Bodrum Peninsula.
Piles of warm "Pishi" bread along several kinds of fresh goat cheese.
Daily visits to fish markets of the Bodrum Peninsula.
Looking after lemon, mandarin, orange and kumquat trees.
The ultimate citrus squeeze machine.
Lunches here. Dinners here.
Carob and figs.
Various preparations of Lambuca, Lagos, Dulger and Levrek.
Trakya Kivircik Lamb, my favorite lamb.
Beautiful wines of Corvus Wineyards.
A plate of outstanding tiny shrimp of the island of Symi.
Kizli Sardalya i.e. sardines with the girl.
Fall in Istanbul. A biennial.
Start of the baby Bonito season.
Fantastic concerts in Babylon, of Mulatu Astatke and Tinariwen.
Great appreciation of Didem Senol's cooking. See here.
Grilled Sucuk on toasted village bread, prepared late night by dear friends in Munferit. See here.
The best Raki.
The ultimate breakfast item.
A last lunch in husband's favorite place to lunch.
Sneaking in Ezine cheese, baby okra, Osmancik rice, fresh walnuts and mastic gum into US.
Agony upon realization that photographs of all of the above and many others, had vanished from a corrupt USB drive.
What's left is five tiny pictures salvaged from an email sitting in my Sent box.
It's good to be back. New posts await.
A beautiful wedding on this beautiful terrace.
Super cigarettes, cerignola olives and pickled onions alongside Negronis.
Steep terraces sweeping down the coast of Amalfi, overflowing with citrus, tomatoes and eggplants.
Several small plastic glasses of Granita made from the gargantuan lemons of Amalfi.
Smoked mozzarella served on the perfumed leaves of the aforementioned delectable fruit.
Several plates of fresh mozzarella eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Several glasses of Bellini made from sweet-scented white peaches sipped in between breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Grilled, fried, braised crustaceans and cephalopods.
Neapolitan pizza.
A delicious lunch in Atrani.
Queen Amidala's Royal Palace on Naboo.
A ferry ride to Capri. A scooter ride in Capri.
Pergolatas.
One beautiful night in Sant'Agata sui Due Golfi within stonewalls, among fields and orchards.
An excellent lunch in Massa Lubrenze.
Birra Lurisia.
This car and this song.
Rome.
A charming guesthouse.
Favorite church in Rome.
Several takes on the infamous all'amatriciana.
Roman pizza.
Mario Testino's Todo O Nada.
Fresh cream that Romans smear on their gelato.
A flight to Turkey.
Experiments on milky Turkish deserts.
Experiments on late summer vegetables.
Daily visits to farmer's markets of the Bodrum Peninsula.
Piles of warm "Pishi" bread along several kinds of fresh goat cheese.
Daily visits to fish markets of the Bodrum Peninsula.
Looking after lemon, mandarin, orange and kumquat trees.
The ultimate citrus squeeze machine.
Lunches here. Dinners here.
Carob and figs.
Various preparations of Lambuca, Lagos, Dulger and Levrek.
Trakya Kivircik Lamb, my favorite lamb.
Beautiful wines of Corvus Wineyards.
A plate of outstanding tiny shrimp of the island of Symi.
Kizli Sardalya i.e. sardines with the girl.
Fall in Istanbul. A biennial.
Start of the baby Bonito season.
Fantastic concerts in Babylon, of Mulatu Astatke and Tinariwen.
Great appreciation of Didem Senol's cooking. See here.
Grilled Sucuk on toasted village bread, prepared late night by dear friends in Munferit. See here.
The best Raki.
The ultimate breakfast item.
A last lunch in husband's favorite place to lunch.
Sneaking in Ezine cheese, baby okra, Osmancik rice, fresh walnuts and mastic gum into US.
Agony upon realization that photographs of all of the above and many others, had vanished from a corrupt USB drive.
What's left is five tiny pictures salvaged from an email sitting in my Sent box.
It's good to be back. New posts await.