Recipes from A to Z
Fried Eggplant and Zucchini Cubes with Yogurt and Tomato Sauce
A salad-appetizer: with eggplant, tomato sauce and yogurt, the quintessence of Turkish appetizers.
Cheese Pide
Pide is a Turkish pizza shaped like a boat. When filled with cheese, it's called kasarli pide.
Smoked Paprika Seasoning
Seasoning for pork, shrimp or salmon.
Peaches with Yogurt and Walnuts
Good ideas come when you step out of your comfort zone.
Eggplant with Cheese in Tomato Almond Sauce
This recipe is inspired by my recent visit to Istanbul.
Grilled Corn with Cheese
Just an idea for grilled corn.
Mini Cabbage Rolls with Urda Cheese
10 in one go.
Roasted Pepper Paste
The "Pantry" project started promisingly, with a pepper paste that's delicious in everything.
Simple Berry Cake
Simple, smart, and full of charm? Then this is the cake you've been waiting for.
Tabbouleh
A salad that helps me in the evening to compensate for some culinary excesses during the day.
Tomato and Onion Salad
Yesterday I made a simple grilled bavette steak and while it was marinating (just with pul biber,...
Simple Fruit Cake
Simple and fluffy. It's the cake of summer!
Turkish Poached Eggs with Yogurt (Cilbir)
Cilbir for breakfast.
Turkish Rice Pudding (Sütlaç)
Sütlaç is a very creamy Turkish pudding that contains a small amount of rice and is thickened with...
Eggs in Tomato Sauce with Chorizo (Shakshuka)
Shakshuka, a North African dish believed to originate from the Ottoman Empire, now has Spanish...
Zucchini and Cheese Fritters
I'm back!!!
Lemon Parfait
Perfect for summer!
Baked Meatballs with New Potatoes and Peppers
Tender meatballs and their side dish prepared together in the oven. Just simple and delicious!
Rice with Mussels
A recipe inspired by a vacation spent in Lefkada last year, but prepared my way.
Greens Stew with Tomato Sauce and New Potatoes
Today's stars are the new potatoes from my grandmother. They're sweet and buttery, like I haven't...
Chicken Gizzards and Hearts Stew with Pasta
The recipe is from my mother, so it's guaranteed to be good.
Pan-Fried Trout Fillet with Vegetables
I made this dish from all the vegetables I used for cooking last week. I saved a handful of each,...
Strawberry and Red Currant Jam
I haven't overlooked those of you who wrote to me that you appreciate jams in more unusual...
Grapefruit Sorbet
Do you like grapefruit? How about tarragon?