Turkish White Bean Stew With Meat Turkey is not just Hagia Sophia, Mimar Sinan or, as recently protests, Turkey is also cuisine.One of the simplest, yet most magnificent dishes is kuru fasulye.Kuru fasulye is a stewed bean dish. It is made primarily with white beans and olive oil, and onion and tomato paste or tomato…
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How I Survived the Istanbul Protests
My friend tells me that I know how to choose my timing.After five years, I return to Istanbul. And immediately protests.OK, not because of me, I am just a calm observer of events. Well, the internal affairs of Turkey.So, on Tuesday evening, March 18, I walk to Taksim Square. I want to take a photo…
Six Days in Istanbul
Short Notes I haven’t traveled anywhere for five years. First Covid, then my mother’s illness. And then my mother died.She always said how sad she was because, according to her, I wasn’t traveling anywhere because of her. So I explained to her that my presence with her was my decision. No one forced me to…
My Mother
Some fragments of my mother’s life.And our shared memories. She was the best mother, but then so are all mothers…She was born into a working-class family in Borovnica, Slovenia. I remember how happy she was when I once gave her a framed print of the famous Borovnica railway bridge, which was then considered the longest…
Thai Massaman Curry
I have always loved Southeast Asian cuisine. And the surrounding area. I remember when I was in a Chinese restaurant for the first time many years ago. In the London district of Soho. And no wonder, there was rice as a side dish and I found a small animal in it that starts with C……
Turkey Roll with Pancetta
When you hear the word turkey, what do you think of? To the country of Turkey or to the great bird, the turkey.It is no wonder that on 4 December 2021, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a presidential circular calling for exports to be labeled as being “Made in Türkiye”. The circular also said…
Bud
There used to be a saying that if you have relatives in America, you have them in Cleveland. Cleveland was considered the largest Slovenian city for a long time after the WW2. Even more Slovenes lived there than in Ljubljana.And of course I am no exception. My ancestors on my mother’s side, three aunts and…
To the South
Part TwoMontenegro, Here I Come And so I went further south, past Dubrovnik, all the way to Montenegro.When I cross the border of the republic at that time, I encounter a convoy of vehicles. They were waiting for the ferry across Boka Kotorska. Since I had a lot of time at my disposal, I decide…
To the South
Part OneFrom Bosnia with Love Before the war in the Yugoslav republics in the nineties, we traveled through Bosnia several times. We either went south to the sea, or to visit the old Bosnian towns. Vrbas river canyon, Mostar, Jajce, Sarajevo… Narrow roads, unlit tunnels, inadequate road signage, yes or no signposts…And so in the…
Baked Apples
I throw the apple at you, and if you are willing to love me, take it and share your girlhood with me; but if your thoughts are what I pray they are not, even then take it, and consider how short-lived is beauty.— Plato, Epigram VII Apples.What can we say about them?Apples appear in many religious…