Semra whom I spoke about last week taught me a new way to cook ‘Karniyarik’ which I have called Baked Aubergine with Meat to differentiate from the original recipe published on this site. This stuffed ...
Sultan’s Cauliflower
I have a delightful friend called Semra who is an artist whom I met on my very first visit to a little artists' club when we first moved back to Turkey from Cyprus in 2014.She is 75 years old ...
Village Pickings
Wild greens known as 'Ot' are often referred to as weeds by foreigners. They can be turned into extremely tasty dishes and certainly many are very healthy for us.I had a lovely experience this ...
Beans and Rice
This is an absolute classic dish for Turks and can be found all over the country in varying degrees of spiciness.There is no fancy name for this dish, it is simply known as Beans and Rice. AN ALL ...
A Whats App Wedding – Part 4 – Tying the Knot
The first night of the wedding celebrations we had the Henna Night, followed the next day by the extravagant lunch time meal at the groom's family residence. After the meal we raced off in anything ...
Creamy Spinach Roots
Clearing out the house has been my main goal for the past few weeks and slowly, slowly I am getting somewhere. Emptying the house of every possible thing to get us down to close-to-bare-minimum, ready ...
A Sea Change and Cauli Bits
Sea Change as defined by Oxford Dictionaries NounBritish - a seemingly magical change, as brought about by the action of the sea Australian - a significant change in lifestyle, especially a move ...
A Whats App Wedding – Part 3 – Snatching the Bride
We had all done eating the wedding feast at the groom's home (his family hotel) and the wedding band had signalled that we should jump into a vehicle and join the convoy.The cars, vans ...