07 May Seminar Series on the Building Blocks of Turkish Cuisine: “Turkish Delight”
May 7, 2018, MSA
In the seminar where every aspect of lokum, which gained popularity in the Ottoman Empire from the 17th century onwards and is still the sweetest face of our culinary culture today, was discussed and its production stages were explained; Nuray Önder, representative of the historic lokum producer Hacı Bekir Family, Kadir Altınkaya with the presentation of buffalo cream lokum and Afyon lokum, and Prof. Dr. Emine Gürsoy Naskali with the presentation on Lokum and Turkish Coffee participated as speakers. Mehmet Üzgen, the head master of Hacı Bekir Lokums, conducted a short lokum-making workshop, accompanied by delicious lokum treats prepared by MSA chefs.
