Suddenly April comes to its end, and we are racing with time here in Alaçatı. As if someone in the weather department banged the table with their fist and barked, “Enough rain and chill!” Summer arrived the very next day with a sly smile knowing better than anybody that it has been late this year. That’s right: from winter we have moved right into the summer. Last week we shared breakfast with our friends Figen and Oğulcan, owners of Kesre Hotel, in their lovely garden. T-shirts and all, after breakfast we had to move away from the generous sun under the shade to continue drinking tea and chatting about the final preparations for the season.
Alaçatı Wild Greens Festival
Friday kicked off pretty cool: my assistant for the day, a young soft-spoken woman referred by our neighbor, arrived early. We were to prepare Friday dinner and Saturday lunch at once. Some 40 guests in total according to the reservations. The night before I examined my kitchen utensils and not without satisfaction concluded that I own sufficient number of XX-Large cooking pots, baking trays, mixing bowls and storage containers. Thanks anne for sending a bunch and insisting that I buy more. I also stocked the produce. For two meals I bought 5-6 times the amount I would usually purchase for the whole week. My mom sighed when I told her about the festival reservations in a skype chat, “I wished things could build up gradually, not like a storm“.
