Category Archives: Meat Dishes

First, I must apologize for the pictures. I had very high hopes about the pictures that I would present this dish to you with. After all, the name of the dish, which translates as “sultan approved” puts very big expectations on the presentation as well as the taste. Volatility and temper were major personality traits… Read On

is a robust fire… A fire with yellow-blue flames, cracking sounds and the warmth filling the room. And also maybe a little smoke smell. We still have not excelled in making a perfect fire in our little fire place but are very stubborn. So we try every year no matter how much we are covered… 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

One of the good things about my childhood, among many others, was that there was no “babysitter” in our dictionary. Growing up, I was never deprived of the long dinner parties my parents were throwing or attending. Neither were my friends. Most of the time, it was a given that if you were inviting a… Read On

A year ago in July, I started this food blog with the intention of learning the recipes from my family whether they come from the Turkish side or the Southern side. I wanted to make and share what they meant for me above and beyond the taste. As much as the nostalgia associated with the… Read On

Or more like when your CSA hands you three heads of cabbage three weeks in a row!  What would you do? I admit that hurrying to sign up for a CSA share two days before they started delivering the spring-summer produce prevented me from making some pros-cons analysis. It did not occur to me that… Read On