Category Archives: Salads

When it comes to salad dressings, I am a dedicated extra virgin olive oil-lemon/red wine vinegar girl. We don’t normally have those heavy, creamy thick salad dressings at home unless there are chicken wings or cut-up vegetables as appetizers. I am also the type that stays away from the dark red chiles at Compare Supermarket… Read On

I might be really naive person to believe in this, but I will say and repeat my belief many times: If we spend time to learn each other’s cultures, traditions, “why” and “how” they celebrate this day or that week and also make an effort to explain ours, this world would be a much better,… Read On

First of all, I just want to give a big THANK YOU to these awesome women who bid on the auction last week to help Jennie’s cause! Emily from Nomnivorous Beth Anne from Cats in the Kitchen Amy Beadle The Daily Spoon (sorry, your comment did not include your name or your site) Beth Anne,… Read On

Growing up, summer, for me, was synonymous with many things. Besides beach, sea, playing cards all night long with friends and the million books and textbooks I finished in three months (yes, we were given “summer homeworks” back then), summer also meant all you can eat peas, tomatoes, zucchini, watermelon and fish.  But eat and… Read On

The heat wave has finally hit the South! We enjoyed the spring as long (or short) as it lasted. Now it is the time where I can actually feel my skin crumbling if I stay under the sun more than 15 minutes! When I was a kid, I used to spend all day out on… Read On

Meyhane is one of the main components in Turkish culture. It is a type of restaurant where the menu heavily relies on alcohol (rakı or wine) and accompanying hot and cold appetizers, known as meze. Nobody eats big dinners at meyhane, everything comes to the table in small platters to be shared by everyone. This… Read On