Olives are a staple food all over the Middle Eastern world and Claudia has covered a lot of information in her fabulous blogs in the past. (Her links are pasted below.) So instead I will take ...
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Lentil, Mint, and White Cheese/Feta Salad with Pomegranate Dressing /Nar Ekşili Mercimek, Nane,ve Beyaz Peynirli Salata
I would be amazed if Leanne Kitchen found a salad like this when she was travelling through Turkey. I absolutely love her book 'Turkey Recipes and Tales from the Road': the recipes are interlaced ...
Summer Mezes for Your Table: 2) Ladies’ Fingers or Okra in Olive Oil/Zeytinyağlı Bamya
You haven't lived if you haven't spent an hour or so preparing ladies' fingers aka okra/bamya! Yes, it is a very fiddly job: whatever you do, don't buy them unless you're ready to spend the time ...
Summer Mezes for Your Table: 1) Roasted Red Peppers in Olive Oil & Garlic/Közde Zeytinyağlı Sarımsaklı Kırmızı Biber
Living in the village as we are, going to the market in either neighbouring Ayvacık or Küçükkuyu is one of the highlights of our week! I love markets especially in summer time when the stalls are ...
Roasted Summer Vegetables and a Birthday BBQ in Assos!
The house is quiet. Eva and her parents have gone. But the sweet memory of the BBQ that we had for TT's birthday just a few days ago lives on. Of course, the maestro at the BBQ was SIL who was an even ...
Potato & Bulgur Patties with Onion and Fresh Herbs/Patatesli Bulgurlu Köfte
We are in our Aegean village of Assos and after a wobbly start weatherwise, we are all finally settling into summer mode. If you let it, food can be something of an issue here: more people in the ...
Wheat Grain Salad with Orange and Fresh Thyme/ Kekikli Portakallı Buğday Salatası
This is just the season to be investigating new salads and this is how I found this one. I always like trying something new. I can't resist a new recipe especially if it uses familiar ...
Purslane Salad with Yogurt & Almonds/Yoğurtlu Semizotu Salatası
I was thinking along the lines of semizotu or purslane as we call it although it doesn't seem to be commonly known, as I was planning on using it in my cooking class in Kuzguncuk. This despite the ...