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 ...
Vegetable Dishes
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 ...
Lunch at the Seven Sleepers/Yedi Uyanlar Cafe
I was invited to Selçuk for the weekend and a sixty minute flight on Friday took me from Istanbul to Izmir down on Turkey's Aegean coast. From there a car ride to the small town of Selçuk where my ...
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 ...
Pumpkin, Sage & Parmesan Gratin
I don’t know about you but the ingredients in this recipe make me drool. It is just my kind of dish. I saw it in an article in BBC Good Food, entitled Pick of the Month by Gregg Wallace, co-presenter ...
Purslane: A Vegetarian Dish
Purslane: the name in English always makes me think of leafy country lanes and Shakespeare. In Turkish it is semizotu. This lovely versatile vegetable is really a summer item but it is still ...