Month: November 2020

Market day and beets
Vegetables & Salads

Market day and beets

My favorite neighborhood farmer’s market is on Thursdays.  This market consists of only two stalls, I think run by two brothers. One of the brothers, Soner, quite a charming guy I must add, brings most of produce from his family farm located in the outskirts of Istanbul. Every Thursday morning before my classes begin, right […]

Savoury Red Lentil Bread
Desserts & Savoury Pies

Savoury Red Lentil Bread

Hello all, Recently I have returned from a three week vacation of home stays. In this pandemic times, my family and I were actually scared to take any type of public transportation including a plane and stay in a hotel even though they are advertised as safe. We drove to the southwest part of Turkey […]

Gözleme - flat bread
Grains & Pasta

Autumn and Pine Trees

After starting this brand and leading over two hundred gastronomical walks around Istanbul and around Turkey, since 2009, I have neglected to write in my blog. Maybe  I would have been one of those world famous bloggers had I not been slacking all this time. Shame on me! Today I start with this blank page… […]