Category Archives: Desserts

I have been buying lemons every week with the intention of making this cake. I was in the need of a little something that reminds me of summer days. We make a lot of  lemonade during summer but drinking something cold did not suit my winter idea. So I settled on this lemon cake that… Read On

If I had the power to change one thing about my childhood, that would be the education system in Turkey. First thing to go would be the mindset of the whole system which is “memorization style” of learning. Not much stays with you when you are taught like that. For example, the only thing I… Read On

When I was living in Turkey, one of the most anticipated time of the year for me was the Aşure (ah-shu-re) day. Aşure is a type of dessert that was believed to be made by Noah with the food items left on the ark after the Great Flood. The ark is also believed to be… Read On

Today is Secret Recipe Club’s November reveal date and the one that I was almost going to miss if I had not had that nagging feeling… you know, the feeling that you know there is something you have to do, but can not remember what it was for days. Then laying awake in your bed… 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

You should know one thing about the Turks: We are crazy for tea, or what we call “çay”! Turkey’s Black Sea region has one of the high tea production capacities in the world and we are in the top list of the nations which consume most tea per capita. We love coffee, and enjoy Turkish… Read On