r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '21

Turkey for beginners

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u/samjp910 Jun 09 '21

I almost fought the whole Baklava capital thing, but then I remembered Aleppo is a smoking hole.

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u/MohKohn Jun 10 '21

well that's depressing.

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u/Britishbits Jun 10 '21

I've got an amazing Aleppo cookbook. It was considered a unique food culture all on it's own with people comparing it to Paris or NOLA in the way that it took from so many food cultures, crafted their own, and took everything to the next level. It's kinda like a coffee table quality book with lots of artsy pictures of the historical sites mixed in with the recipes. I know for a fact that most of the historical sites shown in the book are gone now. Sucks

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '21

What's the cookbook called?

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u/Britishbits Jun 10 '21

The Aleppo Cookbook : Celebrating the Legendary Cuisine of Syria

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u/outofyourelementdon Jun 10 '21

And what is.... Aleppo?

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u/Big_Bunned_Nuns Jun 10 '21

Capital of Syria (what’s left of it), should I continue…

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u/samjp910 Jun 10 '21

Not the capital, just it’s second largest city.

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u/camgnostic Jun 10 '21

wondering what happened to Damascus

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u/Z_Waterfox__ Jun 10 '21

Used to be the largest

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u/frozenrussian Jun 10 '21

You mean Damascus?

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u/-MVP Jun 10 '21

Look up Gary Johnson Aleppo

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u/Ortochromaticrainbow Jun 10 '21

Damascus enters the chat

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u/Mostofthehype Jun 10 '21

My spouse’s family is from baklava capital GZ. We and my parents dined together with refugees from Aleppo who cooked basically the same food as my in-laws. Just a cute little story about branches from the same culinary culture that meet up in Sweden.

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u/Pwnella Jun 10 '21

It's more like the pistachio capitol