Spring is in full swing, everything is blooming and booming.Nature offers us its gifts.I remember when I was a child, we used to get fried acacia flowers for dessert. It was one of those moments when my mother would cuddle us and let us know how much she loved us.And when I was returning from…
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Etli Kuru Fasulye
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…
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 passed away.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…
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…
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…
Semolina Slices With Cottage Cheese
Semolina is the name given to coarsely milled durum wheat mainly used in making couscous, pasta, and sweet puddings. The term semolina is also used to designate coarse millings of other varieties of wheat, and sometimes other grains (such as rice or maize) as well.So, now that we have clarified what semolina is, let’s go…
Tuscan-style Chicken Fillet
Tuscany.One of the most photogenic landscapes in the world. The land of delicious food and pleasant wines.Lines of cypress trees on the horizon, lonely trees, blooming poppy fields. Vineyards, sunflower fields.Medici family, Dante Alighieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Galileo Galilei and more and more.The medieval towns are perched on top of the hills.Florence, San Giminiano,…
Stewed Red Cabbage
Stewed red cabbage is a classic (holiday) side dish for roast poultry or pork. Because it is St. Martin and because festive dishes are eaten, roast duck or goose. And also anything else meaty. And we try a new wine.The red cabbage (purple-leaved varieties of Brassica oleracea Capitata Group) is a kind of cabbage, also…
The Mulberries in Brooklyn
Morus nigra, called black mulberry is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae that is native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. The black mulberry is known for its large number of chromosomes.Morus nigra is a deciduous tree growing to 12…