It’s a sensory overload that takes me back to the streets of Istanbul, where I first fell in love with the city’s street food. For me, food has always been a gateway to culture and a way to ...

Istanbul's street food includes pilafs, stuffed mussels, roasted chestnut or corn, simit (a ring-shaped bread covered in sesame), fish sandwiches, böreks (pastry made of thin layers of dough with ...

Here, his theatrical 13-course tasting menus always start with clever trompe-l’oeil stuffed mussels — his homage to the iconic Istanbul street food — their edible “shells” wrought from ...

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities denouncing the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul even as President Recep Tayyip ...

Istanbul is a goldmine of culinary variety ... The number two most popular street food in the city is indisputably balık-ekmek, better known as the fish sandwiches that are impossible to ignore ...

Here, his theatrical 13-course tasting menus always start with clever trompe-l’oeil stuffed mussels — his homage to the iconic Istanbul street food — their edible “shells” wrought from caramelized ...