Volcanos etc.

 Cappadocia is a region surrounded by volcanos, and though they haven't erupted for the past 8000 years or so, the earth is this super-enriched soil.  Which makes for abundant and robust produce.  Like, some of the best produce I've put in my mouth. And it grows everywhere--it's a bit like Milton's Eden, in that the labor seems to be to control the growth rather than to coax it.  We were hiking in the most difficult-to-reach canyons and kept walking into vineyards and spontaneous orchards of quince, cherry, apricot, pear, apple, mulberry.  

And we also took a traditional cooking class, in which we first harvested everything we ate and then cooked it over an open flame in a clay pot.