This will be the fifth year of the Turkish Food Festival, and organizers had planned to take the ever-increasing occasion to downtown Greenville.
Instead, organizers must now organize their network collection with the limitations presented through COVID-19.
That’s why this year’s festival, which will take place on Saturday, September 26, will be a driving service and a virtual event. Customers can book food from a decided menu to pick up or simply pass through the drive-via service that will be installed at the Phillis Wheatley Center at 40 John McCarroll Way, Greenville.
The festival is part of the Atlantic Institute’s efforts to raise awareness of Turkish culture, as well as to publicize cultural discussion and budget for the organization’s programs, said Michael Mace, coordinator of occasions for the nonprofit in South Carolina that has offices in Greenville. Columbia and Charleston.
The Atlantic Institute promotes discussion and intercultural understanding through special events, courses and food, Mace said. The Turkish Food Festival has one of the most popular and delicious events, allowing the organization to focus culture and history in a meaningful way and with which it can relate.
“When you have a plate of delicious dishes, other people are able to open up more,” Mace said.
Those who know Greek cuisine will recognize a number of dishes such as gyro, kofte and baklava, but Mace said that while there are many similarities, The Turkish and Greek flavors are different.
Turkish cuisine includes ingredients such as mint, cloves, paprika and yogurt.
This year’s festival menu includes vegetarian and meat dishes ranging from gyroscopes and grilled birds to eggplant salad and stuffed peppers and grilled leaves.
The sweets come with autumn-inspired baklava and pumpkin baklava, as well as specialties such as pastel revani, made with semola flour.
You can also enjoy the classic Turkish tea and Turkish coffee, either ready to the maria bath to infuse an extra flavor.
This year’s opportunity proceeds will be used for a legal defense fund for those who have suffered persecution at the hands of the existing Turkish regime, Mace said. Human Rights Watch, which monitors human rights situations around the world, called the scenario in Turkey “an aggravation of the human rights crisis. “
In addition to food, this year’s festival will feature a virtual component, allowing the network to attach the day to see Turkish cooking techniques, be informed about Turkish history and watch Turkish calligraphy in action, music and dance.
“We need to show Turkey, art, culture, as well as the existing landscape,” Mace said. “What we do is food, discussion and construction in combination. “
The Turkish Food Festival will take place from 11 a. m. 4 p. m. on Saturday, September 26. Food can be ordered in advance online at https://atlantic-institute. square. site/ or purchased on-site at the driving service at the Phillis Wheatley Center, four0 John McCarroll Way, Greenville.
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