{:en}After completing high school education at Lycée Saint-Benoit, I went to France to study Cookery and Restaurant Management at Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, and Hotel Management and Restaurant Management at L’Ecole Hoteliere d'Avignon in Avignon. I started my career at Le Sud (Paul Bocuse) in Lyon and continued at the two Michelin starred Le Pavillon de la Rotonde in Lyon. In 2009, after working at Alain Ducasse's restaurant Le “58” Tour Eiffel in Paris, I moved to Chateau de Bagnols with a Michelin star. In 2012, I moved to Taiwan and worked as "Chef de Cuisine" at Longtable in Taipei. Then I worked at Restaurant...

{:en} What you eat is more important than how much you eat. What you eat reflects on your body and soul. If you associate eating only with pleasing your taste buds, being social, and filling your stomach, how about changing your perspective a little? In Chinese and Greek medicine and the Ayurveda system, the healing of plants from ancient times to the present, the "Sign Doctrine", an approach based on reading nature, has survived to this day. Essentially, it is because plants that resemble the disease and the organ will have a healing effect on the organ they resemble. It is thought that the outside of plants reflects...

{:en} A View of the Cosmos from MiamiMarch 15 – 22, 2026A Cosmic StoryAs evening slowly settles over Miami, the ocean breeze moves gently through the palm trees. Above, the sky is entering one of the most intuitive periods of the astrological year.The Sun is still traveling through the final degrees of Pisces. In astrology, these days are considered a threshold of closure. Some stories come to an end, while others have not yet begun.This week the sky reminds us of something simple:Sometimes life is understood not by analyzing it, but by feeling it.The Energy of the WeekThe final days of Pisces are among the most mystical...

{:en} Have you heard of something called the soul muscle? Thousands of years of ancient knowledge say the answer to this question is ‘yes’. Body and mind are an inseparable whole. What happens in one affects the other. Emotions are not just in our heads. In fact, they are felt in the body. Every emotion has a reflection in the body. The muscle that internalizes this reflection is the Psoas muscle. The Psoas muscle is the only muscle that connects the spine to the legs. In general, it is the deepest muscle of the human body. You have one on each side of your spine. Its primary task...

{:en} From Myth to Plate, from Pan to History— Welcome to Ephesus Tugba YAZICI Imagine a city where one of the world’s first billboards stands, where the first love stories were written, where the goddess Artemis once reigned, and the clashing swords of gladiators echoed through marble streets. Where is this magical place? It’s none other than Ephesus, the stunningly historic town nestled in the Aegean region of Turkey. But wait — the city’s origin story is just as captivating as its present-day splendor. Allow me to take you on a mythic journey filled with prophecy, laughter, and a bit of smoke from a fish pan. A City Born of Fire, Fat,...

{:en} We will start the week with Mercury moving forward. As of this week, we will be in times where communication will flow like water. There will be a Sun-Neptune opposition on September 19, 2023. This angle brings a dreamer approach to events. It causes events such as deception, fraud, and water accidents. It is useful to be careful in these matters. There will be a Sun-Pluto triangle on September 21, 2023. With this angle, our self-confidence may skyrocket. That's why we need to be careful in matters where we are not sure of ourselves, overconfidence can cause harm. It is possible to emerge victorious from any...

{:en} One of the concepts we’ve been hearing more and more in recent years is ‘frequency.’ But what does it truly mean? In physics, frequency is simply the rate of vibration. Everything in the universe, from atoms to cells, exists in a state of vibration. In spiritual terms, this concept takes on a more metaphorical meaning: it refers to the energetic expression of our emotions, thoughts, and states of consciousness. From this perspective, emotions such as fear, guilt, and anger are considered more ‘dense’ and lower-vibrational, while love, compassion, and awareness are regarded as higher-frequency. What this is really pointing to is the quality of a person’s...

{:en} It was June. While I was thinking about a different itinerary, Dublin was calling me! I was ready to fly to Dublin of the Vikings, the capital and most historically important city of Ireland! I had already landed at the airport for Dublin, the subject of James Joyce's Ulysses and mentioned in Radiohead's "How to disappear completely" song "I float down the Liffey! Dublin, a city of art, culture, and natural beauty, is a combination of the Irish words Dubh and Linn, meaning 'black pond'. On the way from the airport to the city center, I realized that planning to see all the major tourist attractions would...