MARY IŞIN HAS BEEN SHEDDING LIGHT ON OTTOMAN CUISINE...
Food historian academic, author and prolific translator, British expat Priscilla Mary Işın has been sharing her knowledge on Ottoman and Turkish culinary traditions for decades now and through multiple books shedding light on the ever-present cultural significance of cuisine For Turks and foreigners alike, and in Turkish and English, Priscilla Mary Işın has become the aficionado for all things involving Ottoman history and cuisine and has written multiple books in English and Turkish on the culinary traditions of this region. Hailing from Nottingham, England, Mary Işın met her Turkish husband Yavuz while she was studying philosophy at York University and moved to Ankara as soon as she graduated in 1973. In 1980, they moved to Istanbul, where she has lived ever since, writing up a storm of wonderful nonfiction books on Turkish and Ottoman culinary history and becoming a specialist on the topic in Turkey and abroad. Mary Işın has published three books in English and eight in Turk...