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...

Now that summer's in full swing, the farmers' markets are bursting with fresh Romano beans--the broad, flat Italian kind. They'r...

  This Cretan style zucchini dish/meze is an absolute summer favorite. Cretans create magic with zucchinis and this one is no exception.  3 ...

  Back in the day when I used to live in Ankara, on my way home I used to stop by a well-known supermarket right by my house for its extensi...

Beet greens, stems and leaves, although usually discarded, are in fact quite healthy, sweet, and delicious when cooked in simple ways. There...

  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...

Dolmas, stuffed bell peppers, in Turkey are almost exclusively green; however, the green bell peppers there are tiny and beautifully thin, t...

Long before Dr Mehmet Öz, aka Dr. Oz, started to appear on morning shows on Turkish TV channels and regularly on Oprah to talk about hea...

Shepherd’s salad ( ç oban salatas ı inTurkish) is the unchallenged center food of Turkish summer tables. When you go to köfte/kebab...

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

Potato salad, I had to say à la Turque not to have it confused with any of its American or European cousins, is an herbed filled, green ...

In Turkish cuisine, most "p ırasa" dishes,   originally praso  from Greek, are  attributed to Albani...

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

I have young and quite picky clientele at home for whom I have to cook and not disclose my ingredients. This, of course, is not easy with ma...

Red lentils might be the most preferred and loved ingredient for soups in Turkish cuisine. There are multiple variations of the staple red...

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