My name is Zöhre, I've seen so much. I was once so beautiful they nicknamed me the beautiful bride. Will you remember me?
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Earlier today this cool but pleasant Sunday we set off in the car with no itinerary, empty stomachs and a desire to drive.
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A gastronomy hotspot, changing food habits and a kitchen full of tasty experiments and fusion foods. Trudie based in Adana shares the twists and turns of finding love, eating and cooking in Turkey.
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Tonight begins the Mevlid Kandil gecesi, the holy night of Mawlid marks the birth of The Birth of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) around A.D 570 which is likely to have been on the 12th day of the third month of the Islamic calendar.
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I’ve always thought I could sum up my admiration of tea by telling people my favourite song – Binnie Hale’s ‘A nice cup of tea’. I figured the British as a nation could easily be defined by their drinking of tea. But for Türks Çay is an Art, a Science and a Philosophy!
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Winter is gently knocking on the window and we're all suffering from coughs, colds and sore throats. So on goes the slow cooker for some lokanta style cold busting chicken soup.
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I asked Lorraine Talay founder of a Turkish cooking Facebook group ‘Turkish Wives Masterchef’ and Blog ‘The Yabancı Gelin’ share how she got into Turkish cooking and what inspired her to start the group.
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Mostly a joy - sometimes hard work - occasionally a disaster.
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To Abundance, Health, and Peace!
This weekend we went to the nearby coastal resort of Kuşadası to check out the olive festival – Kuşadası Zeytin Festivali.
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Su or Aşma (Vine) Kabağı are usually seen as decorative lamps - dried out, carved and decorated they do make beautiful ornaments but when I found out they're edible curiosity got the better of me.
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One of the things that I love about food is how it brings people together.
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If I told you every meal I went for you'd get bored rather quickly, but this one I'm still talking about a day later and today it's inspired my own cooking!!
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There's a teeny change in colour on the trees - little hints of brown and gold but the green is still going strong.
Last week there was a downpour of rain and days had a chill but this week it's peeked back up and I'm still hankering for a big dramatic change to autumnal tones.
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Parmaklarımı yedim! - I ate my fingers - and I ate ladies fingers too.
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Some dishes will never win a beauty award...and it's times like this I wish you could engage taste, touch & smell when scrolling through my feed. I finally got round to trying a dish from the past and it's a wonderful new discovery.
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Ever since finding out the new season of Netflix’s ‘Chef’s Table’ was going to feature a chef from the wonderful Çiya sofrası & kebab restaurants in Istanbul I was waiting for its release date.
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Temperatures dwindle but the tasty fresh produced doesn’t.
What to look out for at your local pazar this month.
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Lor a low-cost Turkish cheese curd perfect for a number of recipes. Heres 5 great ideas to get you started.
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