Friday, March 30, 2012

Turkey: A Monster-sized Dessert Strikes the Heart of Istanbul | EurasiaNet.org

Turkey: A Monster-sized Dessert Strikes the Heart of Istanbul
March 30, 2012 - 12:13am

(Editor’s Note: This guest post comes from Jennifer Hattam, an Istanbul-based journalist and blogger, who recently came across a rather striking culinary vision in the heart of Istanbul.)

Sweet-toothed Istanbul residents lined up recently in Taksim Square for a sticky, gooey bite from a 73-meter-long künefe – one meter for every year that the province of Hatay has been a part of Turkey.

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