Category Archives: Life

A Difficult Goodbye and Dealing With it… Lamb Pockets (Talaş Bӧreği)

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

Dark Addiction… Turkish Coffee…

Lately, the life has gotten so hectic for both me and my husband. To make things easier, I have started looking for easier Turkish recipes, more comfort food style dishes and desserts to cope with stress. When I am under stress and living the life in a vacuum, I tend to gravitate towards sweets, my… Read On

Life at f/stops…A Trip to Remember…

Have you ever been to a place so chaotic, but yet so orderly in a sense and so random that it feels unbelievably out-of-this world? It was a beautiful and chilly fall morning when my SIL Jennifer and I pulled into the parking lot of Cline’s Antique Junk Yard. Don’t let “antique” fool you… there… Read On

Life at f/stops and a guest post…

Have you been to Monet’s blog, Anecdotes and Apple Cores? If you have not, you are missing out on a great baking talent! This girl can bake and write! I found her blog a little over a year ago. It became one of the blogs that I have to visit to get my weekly dose… Read On

Life at f/stops… Part 2

After long couple of weeks, I am so excited to be going out of town for a couple of days. We are off to Boston to see our friends! I love visiting Boston… in September! There might not be a recipe to share this weekend but I am sure I will be back with lots… Read On

Around the World In Defense of Chickpeas!

Had a very interesting lunch today. Interesting thing was not the food at all. I ordered falafels  over a green salad with tahini dressing. Very simple, right? This is something I love eating when we are at a Middle Eastern restaurant. But where I had this lunch was a place famous with its burgers, Pinky… Read On