Topik: Food Without Borders Meal For Dying To Divorce

FABULOUS FOOD FOR A CAUSE

We invite you to a delicious evening of delightful food, specially selected to help us raise money for DYING TO DIVORCE - a brand new film about the fight against domestic violence in Turkey. Join us for a unique night of film, food and fun all for a good cause.

THE FOOD

We have partnered with Topik – Food without Borders - a food project and catering service which brings together food & cultures beyond their borders to discover forgotten and unknown stories. Topik chef, Irem Aksu, has curated a unique three course menu especially for this evening, inspired by diverse cultures of the Ottoman Empire including Jewish, Greek, Armenian, Kurdish, Arabic and other local cuisines from asia minor.

MENU

Circassian pulled chicken, crushed walnuts and garlic
Stuffed mussels with rice, dried blackcurrants, nuts, dill
Istanbul Greek fava bean meze with pickled rock samphire
Lemon hummus, toasted pine nuts, black sesame seeds
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Rustic Anatolian Salad
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Black Sea inspired Kapuska;
A slow cooked cabbage based stew
w/ lamb meatballs
or
w/ bulgur and lentil balls (V)
served in a rich sumac yogurt sauce
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Crushed baked pumpkin, Turkish clotted cream and
homemade tahini, mulberry molasses biscuits

Event starts at 7.00pm food served at 8.00pm. Special raffle and prize giveaways on the night, meet the film makers and learn more about our project going forward. If you would like to book for more than six people please get in touch for additional discounts.

THE CAUSE

DYING TO DIVORCE is a brand new observational documentary that follows a group of women lawyers, activists, MP’s and survivors as they try to tackle the epidemic of domestic violence and murder sweeping Turkey. The film is a collaboration between emerging director Chloe Fairweather, The Fuller Project For International Reporting Istanbul and Tigerlilly Films. We are raising money to be able to continue making this film. This is a historic time for women in Turkey- we hope you will join us on this journey!

For more information visit our website: www.dyingtodivorce.com