"Cultures Meet at the Dinner Table
By MATT GROSS
Published: December 9, 2007
ON the top floor of Istanbul's Marmara Pera hotel, the restaurant Mikla serves a dish that, at first glance, may look like a simple upgrading of a Turkish standard: smoked lamb loin with a side of white-bean purée — tasty enough, to be sure, but perhaps nothing special. "
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