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Before we would leave for our vacation to Turkey in the summers, we would always call my grandparents just before for last minute requests. Each time, my grandmother would ask me what I would like her …
Taze Fasulye: Green Beans get a makeover when they do the tango with tomatoes!Read More
When I was young, my grandmother would teach me and my cousins how to eat hot peppers. I remember sitting outside in the garden and my grandmother would take one of the long, thin green hot peppers, …
Some Like it Hot: Turkish Pepper, Various kinds & how to use themRead More
If, seeing the beauty of the sugar cane, the heart pours out its blessings Sweetness and flavor begin to shout aloud from the root of every tooth. ~Rumi My dad used to tell me stories of …
Sugar & Syrup: How they can make or break your baklavaRead More
Last week was all about cooking comfort food for the freezer. After cooking up a big batch of spinich and onions, it was time to make the dough for some Gözleme. I ended up making a double …
Most people believe that baklava is just about walnuts or pistachios. However, baklava varies depending on their regions. Let's take Turkey, for example. Istanbul baklava is predominately walnut, …
So, I have the habit of describing kadayif dough as a sort of "shredded filo dough." Totally and absolutely wrong. Historically speaking, the root word for kadayif is arabic for a sort of crepe. Turks …
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