Health Modifications Abroad, with Ic Pilav
by Stephanie Johnson I WAS diagnosed as a type one diabetic in Istanbul Turkey at Capa Hospital by one of the leading endocrinologists in Turkey in 2003. Because I was newly arrived and didn’t have my residence permit sorted...
Read MoreMemories of Cappadocia from the French Countryside by Gabrielle Reeves
As I curl up in the corner of Chateau Orquavaux, where I have spent the entire month of January as 1 of 13 resident artists, just a few short hours before I pack up and begin my journey back to Istanbul…I find my thoughts drifting away to hot and dry days in...
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What Ömür’s Aşure Taught Me about Sharing, by Kirsten Voris
To date, my published essays have featured three names: mine, my partner’s and my cat’s. My partner doesn’t care and my cat can’t stop me (although I informed him). I have never changed a name in an essay. I lack the imagination. Then, an essay with the real name...
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A Tribute to Polish Descendants in Turkey by a Polish Expat
When Expat Sofra was conceived back in 2015, we co-editors hoped for different voices that would highlight expat voices of the past. We felt so lucky to receive Polish expat Slawomira Kozieniec’s story, which not only showcased her present day expat life in...
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A day at Istanbul Book Fair as a contributor of Expat Sofra. By Tanya Adman Akay
The Istanbul TUYAP Book Fair is an enormous event where hundreds of publishing houses come together. Thousands upon thousands of books are on display and available for purchase. Visitors have the...
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Expat Sofra Now Out in English and Turkish!
Miscarriage. Divorce. Friendship. Betrayal. Coup-attempt. Economic crisis. Relocation. No, those stories are not found in Expat Sofra; Culinary Tales of Foreign Women in Turkey, but they are a part of the book all the same. The five-year journey of Expat Sofra’s...
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Black Sea Sofra by Contributor Catherine Yigit
sofra Arapça sufre / Arabic sufre 1. isim Masa, sini vb. şeylerin, yemek yemek üzere hazırlanmış durumu: "Yemek vakti gelmiş, misafirler sofraya oturmuşlardı." - Reşat Nuri Güntekin noun Things like table, tray, etc.,...
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“Davulun sesi uzaktan hoşgelir” (Sweet is the sound of distant drums) by contributor Lisa Morrow
There is a long tradition, well documented in travel writing, of people looking for escape, whether from themselves, a failed relationship or a dead-end job. They leave home hoping to find something better than that they left behind. I never really thought about...
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Redefining Abundance: A Thirteen-year Journey. By contributor Cecile Popp
The flat of plump purple fruit stares at me from its inclined position on the familiar shelves of Harvest Wagon in Toronto’s tony Rosedale neighbourhood. It wasn’t there yesterday and seems to have appeared out of nowhere, exotic-looking and vaguely suggestive....
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Not Just Another Food Pic; Capturing Stories of Food in Photo
I raced around Cengelkoy, wracking my brain for ideas. Well, raced as much as one CAN speed around on this busy, coastal Istanbul road. We were scheduled to shoot the photos for keskek today, a time-intensive village stew, and I needed a faster solution. I didn’t...
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