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Tarhana by Kat Kamstra - Seasonal Cook in Turkey

Tarhana – A Labour of Love

28th October 2018 By Lulu Witt 4 Comments

Tarhana is one of the oldest known instant soups. Possibly the first of its kind, created centuries ago by the Turks living in Central Asia and then spreading widely.Combining many foods that ...

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Aşure

Aşure or Noah’s Pudding

20th September 2018 By Lulu Witt Leave a Comment

Aşure is a special day celebrated annually in Turkey. It marks many events for Muslims, amongst the most significant being the day Noah's Ark set on dry land.The month long festivities of Muharram ...

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A taste of summer

27th June 2017 By Lulu Witt Leave a Comment

This summer I am lucky enough to be spending a fair bit of time in Northern Australia to catch up with family. Although it is winter in Oz, it will be around 25C and fairly dry. The wet season ...

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making butter

Butter me up! How butter is made in the villages.

20th April 2017 By Lulu Witt 2 Comments

As many of you know by now, my neighbours own cows. Not a lot of them. Two neighbour couples. 4 cows. Total.I am extremely lucky to be in their tight trading circle as there is not too much ...

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Turkish corn seller

Turkish Beach Food: Assos ’15

17th August 2015 By Claudia Turgut 1 Comment

This is a summer beach post that I wrote about four years ago. It's one of my favourites but I was afraid it might be lost in the archives... so I have revived it! Same beach, same guys (I think), ...

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Hayrettin from Yıldız Saray

Dinner at Hayrettin’s down by the Antique Harbour in Assos

31st July 2015 By Claudia Turgut Leave a Comment

We arrived in our village of Behramkale, the Turkish name for Assos which overlooks the Aegean, yesterday afternoon after a journey of about five and a half hours from Istanbul by fast ferry and then ...

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Lesbos the Greek island

Village Life

19th July 2015 By Claudia Turgut Leave a Comment

For most of the time we live in Istanbul but frequently we go away to our stone house in the ancient 4th century BC village of Assos, now known as Behramkale, overlooking the beautiful Aegean and the ...

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fried pişi

End of Ramazan in sight: Leyla makes traditional pişi in the garden!

15th July 2015 By Claudia Turgut Leave a Comment

Komşu! Un var'mı? Neighbour! Do you have any flour?An early morning call over the garden wall. It was my neighbour Leyla here in our Aegean village of Assos: have you got any flour, she was ...

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