“When you read a historical mystery by Jason Goodwin, you take a magic-carpet ride
to the most exotic place on earth.” The New York Times Book Review



YASHIM COOKS ISTANBUL: Culinary Adventures in the Ottoman Kitchen

NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2016

Nominated for The Guild of Food Writers First Book Award 2017

“Popular Detective Series Gets Its Own Cookbook”

“How can you resist a cookbook that includes recipes for Assassin’s Steak Tartare,
Sultan’s Ramadan Eggs and Ladies’ Thighs?” As heard on NPR’s Morning Edition.

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“Goodwin’s is a gift akin to that of Jan Morris, the rare coming together of
historical scholarship and curiosity about distant places with luminous
writing.” Fouad Ajami, New York Times Book Review

 Edgar Award for Best Novel The Janissary Tree, the first in a series
of five mystery novels translated into over forty languages.

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