Artichokes are at their height right now in Istanbul and honestly they are irresistible. We are inundated with broad beans or bakla too so it is no surprise that the enginarcı or artichoke seller ...
Vegetables
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 ...
Broad Beans in Olive Oil: a Meze
Zeytinyağlı bakla in Turkish. This dish reminds me why I am a Seasonal Cook as these beans - fava in the US - are available for such a very short time. Since Uzbekistan I have a tremendous urge ...
The First Artichokes of the Season
Monday = market day in Selami Çeşme! So earlier this week despite a rather fearful sky, off I set. Would there be any signs of spring in terms of produce, I wondered or was it still a bit ...
Two More Celeriac Recipes
I hope you are in the mood for celeriac/kereviz because that's on the menu today! I was going through my old 2010 diary the other day looking for a number when my glance fell upon a recipe for Spiced ...
Meat-Stuffed Chard Rolls or Etli Pazı Sarma
Sarma or Dolma? These are not quite the same although the names are sometimes used interchangeably. These made from Swiss Chard leaves are called sarma because they are rolled. Cabbage and vine ...
Courgettes with Chickpeas in Lemon and Mint
I always think it must be very easy to be vegetarian here in Turkey because what with the abundance of fresh vegetables here, the cuisine includes so many non-meat dishes. Think of all those meze for ...
Cabbage Turkish-style: Kapuska
Here in Turkey cabbages or lahana feature bigtime in winter. Look at this laden stall in my local Istanbul market in Selami Çeşme. Not only is the number of them impressive but their size ...