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Milk Street on the Road: Istanbul

Bridging Europe and Asia and connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, the city of Istanbul has always been a place of intersecting cultures. Over 8 days and 7 nights, you’ll get a local’s access to the blend of history and modernity that defines this metropolis. Your guide is local expert Gonca Karakoç; no one knows Istanbul’s ustas (masters of traditional crafts) like her and you’ll be welcomed into places no other tourist can go. Your resident chef is author and teacher Özlem Warren, a regular guest at the Milk Street Cooking School and on Milk Street radio. 

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Milk Street on the Road: Athens and the Peloponnese

Greece off-the-beaten-path is the theme of our trip to the Peloponnese. An experience available exclusively to Milk Street guests, this week will focus on the hyperlocal cuisine of the Mani Peninsula in the far south of the country. Your teachers and guides are Greek food expert and chef Carolina Doriti and Maniot chef Stavriani Zervakakou.  We’ll start with a short stop in Athens where we will position the cuisine of Mani within the diversity of Greek cooking. We’ll sample it all—traditional items like spanakopita and real-deal Greek coffee, Maniot cured meats and custard pies, honeys from all regions of Greece, a flight of Greek wines from small producers, and a shot or two of raki. Then, we head south.

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Azcapotzalco: Mexico City’s Culinary Kaleidoscope

On this tour we will focus on one of the most neighborhoods of the city. Located in the northwest area of the city, Azcapotzalco is both ancient and anachronic, a place that has witnessed centuries of history passing through its fields and streets.

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Lisbon’s Post-Colonial Feast

On this full-day tour of central Lisbon, we’ll study the cuisines, history and diversity of Portugal’s former colonies. Get a taste of Cape Verdean cachupa, Brazilian pastries, Goan samosa and and layered convent cake bedecked with spices, Angolan piripiri sauce and meet the people in the kitchen keeping the traditions of these communities alive.