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 ...
potatoes
Classic Potato Börek/ Patatesli Börek
I never thought I would make a potato börek and yet I have and I will make it again as it was quite delicious! That filling of potato isn't as stodgy as it sounds, combined as it is with white ...
Beetroot Leaf Sauté with Chickpeas and Potato
I'm not translating this one into Turkish because in fact, despite the Turkish-sounding ingredients, it's an Observer recipe from Nigel Slater, veteran English food writer. It comes from the Observer ...
Potato with Pastrami & Rosemary/Pastırmalı Biberiyeli Patates
Have you ever walked round Eminönü or Kadıköy and seen these rather unprepossessing terracotta-coloured slabs hanging from the ceiling in the local shops? They are meat called pastırma which can ...
Patates: Potatoes by any other name
welsh onion cake straight out of the oven Which starch do you like best? Rice, bulgur or potatoes? Thus ran an idle conversation between husband and wife ...