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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

As the name indicates, I could not decide what this is. The name of the recipe on my mom’s little recipe notebook said it was a tart. But then going through the ingredients, I saw my family’s traditional approach to a simple cake (3 eggs, flour, sugar, two sticks of butter, baking powder). It sounded… Read On

I was getting ready to post here yet another recipe when I heard the news about the big earthquake in the eastern part of  Turkey. As soon as I landed in Omaha on Sunday for an internal conference, I turned on my cell phone and the first text message that popped up on my phone… Read On

Turkey has several defined geographical regions with the difference reflected in their climates, agriculture, cuisines and personalities of the people living there. Black Sea region is one of them. The high mountains that lay parallel to Black Sea traps the moisture along the sea line, creating a lush green cover. Several rivers run through these… Read On

***** This auction has ended. Thank you!***** Things happen for a reason… That is the rule I want to believe in! However, life has its own agenda and does not feel the need to let us know ahead. Sometimes one thing happens without a reason, out of order, pulls the rug under our feet, leaves… Read On

Sometimes I just need not to cook, not take one more food picture but get out of my kitchen and enjoy the outdoors. There is so much to be captured through our lenses and kept forever with us. So with this thought, a folder “Life at f/stops” under “My Pictures” was born… It is getting… Read On