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Aylin Öney Tan is one of the leading food writers of Turkey and an award-winning architect, with expertise in the conservation of historic monuments. She writes a weekly food column for two leading Turkish newspapers; Cumhuriyet, and Hürriyet Daily News. She is a frequent contributor to food magazines and was a Jury member of the Slow Food Award 2000-2003.
She appeared in the Turkey episode of Gourmet's "Diaries of a Foodie" on the National Geographic network, and won the Sophie Coe award on food history in 2008 for her paper, "Poppy: Potent Yet Frail". She wrote the entry for Turkey in The Encyclopedia of Food Cultures of the World, published in 2011.
Her latest work is the book A Taste of Sun & Fire: Gaziantep Cookery, on the cuisine of the southeastern culinary capital of Turkey. Currently she is working on a book on Turkish Cuisine for Reaktion Books.
Aylin Öney Tan is one of the leading food writers of Turkey and an award-winning architect, with expertise in the conservation of historic monuments. She writes a weekly food column for two leading Turkish newspapers; Cumhuriyet, and Hürriyet Daily News. She is a frequent contributor to food magazines and was a Jury member of the Slow Food Award 2000-2003.
She appeared in the Turkey episode of Gourmet's "Diaries of a Foodie" on the National Geographic network, and won the Sophie Coe award on food history in 2008 for her paper, "Poppy: Potent Yet Frail". She wrote the entry for Turkey in The Encyclopedia of Food Cultures of the World, published in 2011.
Her latest work is the book A Taste of Sun & Fire: Gaziantep Cookery, on the cuisine of the southeastern culinary capital of Turkey. Currently she is working on a book on Turkish Cuisine for Reaktion Books.