The Turkish Aegean coast is characterized by picturesque islands, small fishing villages, historical sites, and dense pine forests. From August to October, the air becomes thick with the spicy scent of pine wafting through the region, pervading every corner. Meanwhile, deep in the forests, honeydew forms on the needles of the trees and is collected by hardworking bees and processed into a dark and distinctive honey with a tart-spicy flavor. This pure and unfiltered honey is packaged at its naturally cool temperature to retain enzymes and the nuances of its complex flavors.

Thick and sweet with a complex personality, this honey is a superb choice to drizzle on your foods. An excellent sweetener for teas and cider, you can swirl this into a steaming bowl of oatmeal or farina with nuts and raisins. Try baking up honey muffins, or a Greek dessert like baklava. Serve a party platter with honey, cheese, walnuts, fruit, and crackers.

Fairway Marketplace is brought to you by Fairway Market, a specialty food chain that started back in 1933 with a small fruit and vegetable stand on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Today, Fairway Market is legendary for its experts and expertise in all things food, and a relentless obsession with quality throughout all of the different departments in its stores. In December of 2011, Fairway launched this online shop, so that we could bring the best of the best of what Fairway offers, at the same great values, to those who don’t live near one of our stores. Why keep all of this foodie goodness to ourselves? That simply would not be fair.