Eurasian flavorings influence culture mix
By Anne Chalfant
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Article Launched: 08/05/2007 03:03:37 AM PDT
NEXT TIME in Istanbul, I'm hiring the Screaming Shopper.
It was a hot July day when I was cooling my heels in the hotel bar waiting for friends.
But the party had to wait until Joe and Mary Lou Rimsky finished their four-hour shopping blitz at the Grand Bazaar.
This was no small venture. The Rimskys were prowling for three new Turkish rugs for their Cincinnati home. Shopping for Turkish rugs is a complex ritual of tea-drinking and rug-unfurling, so the thought of scoring three in a matter of hours boggles the mind."
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Eurasian flavorings influence culture mix
