Trip Highlights:
Chef Host: Chef Ana Sortun of Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge, MA
- Cooking demo with Musa Dagdeviren and Ana Sortun at Çiya Restaurant on the Asia side of the Bosphorus
- Evening Bosphorus Boat Cruise
- Tour one of Ana’s favorite markets in the Besiktas neighborhood, and visit a cheese shop
- Cooking demonstration with Ana, centered on Turkish spices
- Visit Taksim Flower Passage with Ana to learn about – and shop for – spices
- Guided tour of the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia and Topkapi
- Lunches and dinners at a wide variety of restaurants – kebab, bakeries, fine dining, meze and a special evening alongside the Bosphorus
