In the UK, we call them aubergines but a more common word for those plump, dark vegetables is eggplant. However, as translations of the Turkish dish “patlıcan salatası” tend to say aubergine salad on restaurant menus, we’ll go with the flow and stick with that, rather than eggplant salad. This is a roasted aubergine salad …
This is an updated post from the original so that the recipe is easier to follow and the photos are improved. It’s also an update because we’ve never seen geren in the meze fridges of restaurants since the experience we had in Dalyan. We can tell you, though, that that means a lot of people …
The Turkish yoghurt drink, ayran, has caused much confusion – dare we even say distress – over the years. By that, we mean confusion for the foreign visitor; especially British holidaymakers looking to buy ingredients for their essential morning cup of tea! Here’s a little tale to explain what we mean… Ayran – Drinking Yoghurt, …
When friends come to visit from the UK and go home with Food memories, those delicious ‘Turkish cheese rolls’ that they always talk about are called sigara böreği (cigarette borek) or kalem böreği (pencil borek). Think slim spring rolls. ‘Kalem böreği’ is the more encouraged name these days. ‘Pencil shaped’ being a more acceptable phrase …
We’re back to seasonal eating – one of our favourite subjects – with this springtime crispy sauteed morel mushrooms recipe. Have you ever tried a really expensive and relatively rare food and then wondered what all the fuss was about? Can a food really be that good that it can command such a high price? …
Last Sunday, we were on our way to Çalış market and we were feeling the need for food – right now! Most of the time, we opt for gözleme because we can eat this at the pazar – but last week, we just had the taste for kuşbaşılı pide. When the pide arrived, not only …
Potato salad – it’s a classic dish, isn’t it? But never tastes the same wherever you go to eat. Each person who makes it has their own recipe. And, over our years of living in Turkey, we’re quite comfortable with our own Turkish potato salad recipe after experimenting with different fresh herbs and dressings. Each …
We’re embracing seasonal eating again with this recipe. Pumpkin soup is a true taste of autumn. In some countries, this time of year marks Hallowe’en. And the pumpkin (balkabağı – honey squash) is synonymous with this festival. Well, it is seasonal. For us in Fethiye, autumn is the time when the local fresh pumpkins appear …
In this post, we’re going to be giving you our staple bulgur pilaf recipe – and a staple of the Turkish kitchen; domatesli bulgur pilavı. In Turkey, there is a type of restaurant called Ocakbaşı. You go to these Turkish restaurants when you want to eat grilled meat, cooked on an open barbecue within the …
This post is a continuation of the celebration of the lactarius
deliciosus…the saffron milk cap mushroom…the çintar mushroom.