Almost Turkish Recipes

Piyaz  comes from the Persian word for onion, but in Turkish cuisine, it has taken on a life of its own. Today, it refers either to a be...

  If you are a lentil lover, this could be one the most delicious and nutritious salads. While studying for my qualifying exams at the libra...

Piyaz is what we call bean salads in Turkey, but the term is actually Persian and means "onion." Piyaz is usually prepared with c...

Cannellini beans, referred to as dry beans or simply as 'the dry,' along with  rice  is THE traditional Turkish dish. If there's...

It is barbunya beans season, again! These delicious nutty beans with red or dark purple speckles packed with a long list...

A timely, deliciously green olive oil dish or salad for spring when both fresh fava beans and peas start to appear at farmers' mar...

The eastern Thrace is the north western or the European part of Turkey. The region (except for Istanbul) is mostly...

This deliciously colorful and healthy soup is known simply as the "pink" soup in our house, since I prefer not to disclose to my...

Fava beans, also known as faba, broad, Windsor, or horse beans, are among the oldest cultivated plants. They...

In my first couple of years in the US, I couldn’t get over how popular hummus was in this country. I was surprised because ...