A Recipe for Daphne

• Strong sense of place--set in modern-day Istanbul--and written by an ‘insider’ to the community

• Entertaining, clear narrative, with vividly drawn characters

• Will resonate with many who've traveled solo and integrated with locals

• Crosses cultural barriers and examines questions of identity, in particular through one of the central character who is Turkish/Greek–American

• Written with humor and a playfulness, but deals with deep cultural institutions

• A novel full of romance due to publish in February

• Food in novels has strong appeal