I know it is now November but keeping up with all the winter preparations that Turkish women cover in the last moments of summer is actually really tricky. At last, I am able to cover another very ...
Vegetables
Garbanzos, chickpeas
Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo Beans are one of the earliest cultivated legumes. Over 7,000 year old remains of chickpeas have been found in the Middle East. They are very versatile and hundreds of ...
Piyaz – The Antalyan Way
If you find yourself in the region of Antalya then most likely you will come across a 'Şişçi Lokantasi', a cafe or restaurant where they specialise in chargrilled delicious skewers of meat which are ...
Simple Village Dish
This is an extremely simple village dish and just about any vegetable can be replaced with another of your choice. It is all mainly about the method and the basic sauce which falls under the ...
Stuffed Celeriac
Stuffed Celeriac is a dish my lovely friend Semra whips up quite often and I know exactly why. It is absolutely delicious and I am thrilled to have her recipe now. Semra was making it last week ...
Baked Aubergine with Meat
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 ...