History
Evliya Çelebi’s Palate: Mapping the Tastes of 17th-Century Anatolia
The 17th-century travelogue Seyahatname offers a comprehensive inventory of regional Ottoman cuisine rather than just a list of cities and walls. Evliya Çelebi documented the culinary landscape of the era, recording everything from Bursa’s boza to the specific ingredients of Trabzon’s hamsi.