When there are too many overburdened mulberry trees around, they cannot be left groaning. Something has to be done to relieve them of their heavy load. These exhausted trees need help. Their limbs ...
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Amazing Persimmon/Trabzon Hurması Bread
There are many recipes out there and many of them are perfectly fine. However, if you start looking more closely, you will definitely find some that are better than others. And sometimes, you ...
Little Apple & Plum Pots with Honey and Cream
Like hemlines, desserts come and go, don't they? Remember sherry trifle and those delicious savarins? Brandy snaps? Soufflés? Tiramisu hasn't earned its place as a classic but even that has slipped ...
Walnut & Raisin Oatmeal Cookies/ Ceviz ve Üzümlü Yulaflı Kurabiye
It's bayram in the Moslem world and the feeling is something like Christmas but the sun is shining. Many shops are shut but some smaller 'market' as they call supermarkets, are open. However, you ...
Lemon Lavender Cupcakes
It is hot. Very hot indeed and I am just loving it. The sun just bakes down and it feels great. I wouldn't be anywhere else except here in our village of Assos. You can't beat summer in ...
Yogurt Cake with Blood Oranges/Kan Portakallı Yoğurtlu Kek
I have a board on Pinterest called Recipes I have to try. 'Pinning' interesting-looking recipes onto this board is fun and at the same time by far and away the easiest way to save them without ...
Date and Orange Muffins or Hurmalı Portakallı Mini Kek
So how about a bit of home baking? It's just the weather for it! This is a lovely straightforward recipe from a book with the comforting title of Granny's Muffins - 55 New Zealand Favourites Tried ...
Delicious Apricots stuffed with Cream/Kaymaklı Kayısı Tatlısı
Last week we made this typical Turkish dessert in one of my cooking classes in Kuzguncuk. Suitably sticky, deliciously sweet and syrupy with a slight crunch from the flaked almonds, I think it was a ...