This is a book about and for the people communities and food of Manisa province Türkiye. From the Bronze Age to the present it is a story about the food traditions that individuals especially women chose to prioritise and therefore keep alive sometimes for millennia. Yet as food priorities shift in response to our rapidly changing world more and more decision-making is required. Consequently this is both a cookbook and a guidebook for those wishing to find balance in their own food priorities as well as a permanent record of these recipes and activities.