- Publisher: Koç University Press
- Series: Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) Series
- Authors: Erica Rowan, Christina Luke, Gülşah Şenkol, Jessica Feito
- Editors: Tara Ingman (ENG), Özge Ertem (TR)
- Language: English (This book is published also in Turkish [translated by Ezgi Neşe Erkan]: SOFRA: Tohumdan Tabağa Manisa’da Bir Yolculuk)
- Category: Cultural Heritage, Cultural History, Archaeology, Social Life and Culture, Foodways
- Pages: 229
- Size: 22 x 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition, June 2024
- ISBN: 978-625-94521-1-1
This is a book about and for the people, communities, and food of Manisa province, Türkiye. From the Bronze Age to the present, it is a story about the food traditions that individuals, especially women, chose to prioritise and therefore keep alive, sometimes for millennia. Yet, as food priorities shift in response to our rapidly changing world, more and more decision-making is required. Consequently, this is both a cookbook and a guidebook for those wishing to find balance in their own food priorities, as well as a permanent record of these recipes and activities.
SOFRA was published with the support of the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council grant “Negotiating the Modernity Crisis: Globalization, economic gain and the loss of traditional and sustainable food practices in Turkey” (AHRC AH/V000454/1), awarded to PI Erica Rowan, Royal Holloway University, London and co-PI Christina Luke, Koç University. You can buy it from Koç University Press’s bookstore at Istiklal Caddesi Merkez Han:
Address: İstiklal Caddesi No: 181 Merkez Han 34433 Beyoğlu-İstanbul