Anya von Bremzen

5 days ago | saveur.com | Anya von Bremzen

By Anya von BremzenPublished on June 3, 2025This piece originally appeared in SAVEUR’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue. See more stories from Issue 204 here. The first time I came to Istanbul as a student in the late 1980s, I was instantly hooked on the food. There were dollhouse-like baklava shops, teensy manti dumplings cloaked in yogurt, and green beans braised in olive oil until silky and luscious—a classic preparation known as zeytinyağli.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Anya von Bremzen

6 hours agoInflation in Turkey hits lowest level since November 2021Turkish inflation eased further in May to 35.4 percent, reaching its lowest level since November 2021, official figures showed Tuesday, paving the …“Moscow wants to come to the table without silencing its guns, and while stepping up its bombardment of Ukrainian cities and civilians.

1 month ago | afar.com | Anya von Bremzen

”We have Mexico‘s best wine and restaurants—and its worst roads!” declares Fernando Pérez Castro, the 47-year-old proprietor of Lomita and Finca La Carrodilla wineries in Valle de Guadalupe, as we jostle along a maze of dirt lanes, past fields and boulder-strewn hillslopes. “And GPS can be funny aqui,” adds Sheyla Alvarado, chef at Lunario, Lomita’s acclaimed restaurant. Coming to pick up me and Barry, my partner, at our hotel from only a few miles away, they got lost.

2 months ago | atlasobscura.com | Anya von Bremzen

Orlando Madrid for Gastro Obscura Restaurant 1. Luz de Luna Located in the village of San Andrés Huayapam about 20 minutes east of the city, this charming indoor-outdoor restaurant serves personal renditions of traditional Oaxacan dishes by chef Micaela Ruiz Martinez, while her son mixes fabulous cocktails with mezcal produced by his family.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Anya von Bremzen

1 day agoLuring the world-leading Chinese EV producer to establish a Mexican plant would be a strategic win in uncertain times. Visit Mexico City from the US these days and, on top of its usual charm, you’ll notice something surprising: The streets hum with electric vehicles from China’s BYD Co. Americans may …