Rendezvous à la Turk
Derya, age 10, welcomes you to the Turkish Arts and Culture Festival in Monterey, California.
© Joyce McGreevy
A Cultural Festival Calls Forth Memories
You won’t need sugar in your fincan kahve (cup of coffee) this morning. Şekerpare, a delicate cookie made with semolina, almonds, and love, delivers the sweetness. So, inhale the rich aroma and galvanize your senses with robust brew. If you closed your eyes, you could be in Istanbul.
But you’re at a Turkish cultural festival in Monterey, California.
Is baklava Turkish or Greek? Depends on whom you ask. Şekerpare (center) and irmik helvasa (right)
reflect culinary traditions of Turkey’s Ottoman Empire.
© Joyce McGreevy (L)/ Ceren Abi (R)
Re(sound)
Oh, I see: At cultural festivals, details evoke worlds. At Monterey’s Custom House Plaza, the percussive rhythm of the davul and the string-song...
