Pickles

In the neighbourhood of Çukurcuma, among the antiques stores and funny little bric-a-brac shops, you cannot miss the window display of Asri Turşucu. Dozens of large glass jars are stacked from the floor to (almost) the ceiling, filled with pickled vegetables and sealed with little gingham caps in a rainbow of colours. Irresistible. Each summer the shop closes to renew its stocks. The business first opened in 1913 and moved to the neighbourhood in 1938. The third generation is now at