Category Archives: Breakfast

I am in need of sunshine, easy meals, quiet nights, and long walks. Yes, I said “sunshine”…not warm weather… It has not been warm at all for the past week, finally going below 50 in this part of the South Carolina and I am loving it. The natives around here do not like it a… Read On

Right before I came to the U.S., I made a copy of every single page of my mom’s recipe book, made a table of contents and put it in my bag. Although there are many redundant recipes in it (there are only so many cake recipes I can try with similar ratios and ingredients!), I… Read On

Last week, when I posted the recipe for lamb pockets and called it “borek”, Lana from Bibberche raised the question of what makes a pastry borek and mentioned their borek in Serbia. So I wanted to go ahead and share a little bit more about borek as well as a recipe with you this weekend…. Read On

Some people integrate into your life very easily. Starts with a laid back dinner and a silly movie. Gradually you get to know each other, touching some topics lightly to learn your way around them. Then you go to the concerts, have picnics together,  you don’t even notice that they have become as close as… Read On

Just like you, I am always searching for good recipes. Especially for the things that we did not cook at home in Turkey but would rather purchase it from local bakery shops or restaurants. Things that I didn’t think twice when I had easy access to it, but then I felt like banging my head… Read On

Last year, I took Peter Reinhart’s  4-hour bread course at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte. I came home with lots of goodies that day. There were several different classes going at the same time and the bread class attendees were the only ones that were allowed to take their baked and unbaked dough with… Read On