I mentioned roasted red peppers in my last post about oven-roasted tomatoes on toasted crusty bread - here is how to do them: This is a meze that I regularly make in summer. How can you not, when ...
Archives for July 2011
Oven-Roasted Tomatoes on Toasted Crusty Bread
oven-roasted tomatoes on toasted crusty bread Another firm family favourite especially for lunch in summer. If you were in Italy this would of course be called bruschetta! But we ...
Shakshuka: an Aubergine Meze
shakshuka/şakşuka in garlic yogurt with fresh tomato sauce I am confused. Seems there’s a huge difference between Turkish shakshuka/şakşuka and what the rest of the world calls ...
Crispy Mucandara: Rice and Green Lentil Pilaf with Onion and Sesame
delicious mucandara pilaf: rice and green lentils with onion and sesame Today is our 50 Women Game-Changers in Food day and the woman we are celebrating is Madhur Jaffrey famous not only for ...
Samphire Dressed in Olive Oil, Lemon and Garlic
Dear Sophie, This post is for you! It was such a great pleasure to receive your lovely email recently that here I am , sharing the delights of deniz börülcesi/samphire on my blog and all ...
50 Women Game-Changers in Food – Marcella Hazan – Panzanella
Marcella Hazan's Panzanella The NY Times has described Marcella Hazan as ‘the high priestess of Italian cooking for many Americans – and for many, she remains so.’ Her landmark ‘Classic ...
I’m in Assos!
And where exactly is that, you may well ask – well, from Istanbul it takes 5 ½ hours to drive down. You cross the Dardanelles to Çanakkale and then down past Troy. This is a great area to visit if you ...
The 7 Links Project
Hi! This is a bit of a one off so here goes: thanks to the lovely Linda from Ayak's Turkish Delights, I have been nominated to participate in the Seven Links Project. This was initiated by Katie ...