The evolution of the diverse Turkish cuisine was not an accident, as the Imperial Ottoman kitchen’s had hundreds of cooks specializing in different types of dishes who were eager to please the royal palate and who perfected the cuisine as we know it today. The evolution of the diverse Turkish cuisine was not an accident, as the Imperial Ottoman kitchen’s had hundreds of cooks specializing in different types of dishes who were eager to please the royal palate and who perfected the cuisine as we know it today.

This is a fascinating course and Dr Patrick Harding’s expertise will dispel the myths and concerns around picking and eating wild mushrooms and as anyone who knows their ceps from their morels will tell you, not all fungi are equal.