Turks love fish and they love their fish done simply. If you live here or have visited, you will notice that there are no sauces, for example. This means that the only choices you will have to make ...
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Another Ottolenghi: Marinated Sweet&Sour Fish
I am not anti-meat or anything but I do feel we should eat as much fish as possible. If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am quite Ottolenghi-addicted. I love his recipes mainly ...
Sea Bass Baked in Parchment with Rakı and Herbs/Kağıtta Levrek Buğulama
This is going to be my very next dinner party recipe, I swear. Followed by revani for dessert! A few days ago, I thought some fish for dinner wouldn't come amiss after what seemed like a lot of ...
Hamsi Buğulama or Poached Black Sea Anchovies with Fresh Herbs
Now is the time to buy those hamsi or anchovies, delight of Turkey food lovers and staple of the local Black Sea cuisine . They are available everywhere in huge amounts glinting under the naked light ...
Baked Salmon Wrapped in Yufka or Filo Pastry
Last weekend we celebrated the birthday of a special Turkish cousin here at home so I wanted a special menu. Actually I knew what the main course was going to be as I have been looking for ...
Oven-baked Sea Bass/Fırında Deniz Levreği
Here in Istanbul we are surrounded by water: the Sea of Marmara, the beautiful Bosphorus and Golden Horn, and then the Black Sea. You would think that fish would be cheap - but it isn't, and dinner in ...
Palamut – Fish of the Month
It was a truly gorgeous Istanbul Sunday : blue sky, warm sun, the fishermen all out. After dropping my airport-bound husband off at the seabus port in Kadıköy, I dawdled along the sea front ...