This is what expats often do when confronted with crises in their home countries, disasters that leave them feeling far, far away from where they long to be. They turn to the food they grew up with, using it as a bridge between here and there.
Friday afternoon found Deniz Unsal making Turkish comfort food, a salad of navy beans, red onion, olive oil and tahini.
The food wasn’t for the women’s own consumption. Members of Victoria’s Turkish community, they had gathered in the kitchen at Blanshard Street’s Philippine Bayanihan Community Centre to prepare meals to sell to the public, raising money for earthquake relief. In other circumstances, that’s where she would be, with them. It’s what we all do when friends and family suffer, she said. “You sit with them, you cry with them.” And you feed them. “It’s an expression of how you feel, saying ‘I love you, I care for you, I share your grief.’ ”
That’s what brought the women to the Bayanihan Centre. In the next room, members of Victoria’s Filipino community were preparing their own cuisine. The two groups were combining to offer a selection of meals, Turkish and Filipino, for the earthquake relief effort.
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