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    Chef Musa Dağdevİren on “The Turkish Cookbook”

    “The world is an open table, we should enjoy it instead of focusing on how to separate flavors and faiths,” writes chef Musa Dağdevİren of Çiya Sofrasi in Istanbul.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 31, 2019 • 1 min read

    “The world is an open table, we should enjoy it instead of focusing on how to separate flavors and faiths,” writes chef Musa Dağdevİren of Çiya SofrasiinIstanbul. He’s the author of “The Turkish Cookbook,” an encyclopedic project celebrating the the diverse influences of Turkish cuisine. Good Food correspondent Gillian Fergusonrecently sat down with chef Musa, who was in town for the LA Food Bowl.

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    Menu mind tricks, The Black Sea, and Alta Adams
    1. 0:00Culinary dispatches from the Black Sea
    2. 11:48Exploring 'Istanbul and Beyond'
    3. 22:19Chef Musa Dağdevİren on “The Turkish Cookbook”You’re reading this
    4. 28:00Restaurant menus influence what we eat and how we eat it
    5. 40:19Dialogue’s Dave Beran on tasting menus
    6. 50:37A taste of “California soul food” in West Adams
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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Menu mind tricks, The Black Sea, and Alta Adams
    1. 0:00Culinary dispatches from the Black Sea
    2. 11:48Exploring 'Istanbul and Beyond'
    3. 22:19Chef Musa Dağdevİren on “The Turkish Cookbook”You’re reading this
    4. 28:00Restaurant menus influence what we eat and how we eat it
    5. 40:19Dialogue’s Dave Beran on tasting menus
    6. 50:37A taste of “California soul food” in West Adams
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