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Over the years, I’ve found that I connect both my good memories shared with family and friends and my sad memories with particular foods that remind me of people or things, or a certain cooking... Read more
22 entries
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Ayran
Enjoying iconic status as the beverage to pair with your kebab/pide/lahmacun/gözleme, this… -
Baklava
Perhaps the most recognizable Turkish dessert the world over, baklava is made… -
Balik ekmek, fish sandwich
One of Istanbul’s most quintessential meals is as simple as can be:… -
Boza
It's popular in winter and looks like eggnog, but its subtle tart… -
Cay, tea
Çay (“chai”), or tea, is a way of life in Turkey, consumed… -
Döner kebap
One of the most recognizable foods to the international traveler, who is… -
Dürüm
This ever-popular “Turkish wrap” takes grilled lavaş (lavash; a thin tortilla-like flatbread)… -
Hünkar beğendi
For this classic Ottoman dish, chunks of stewed lamb are served on… -
Iskender kebap
Thinly sliced beef, tomato sauce, and melted butter are the holy trinity… -
Islak hamburger, wet burger
A beloved Istanbul street food, the ıslak hamburger—a.k.a. the wet burger—is not,… -
Kahvalti, Turkish breakfast
Breakfast, or kahvaltı, in Turkey is the stuff legends are made of,… -
Kaymak
Kaymak is, simply, clotted cream, typically served with bal (honey)—but it is… -
Kokoreç
A love-it-or-hate-it kind of dish, kokoreç (“ko-ko-rech”) is roasted tripe, a onetime… -
Lahmacun
Pronounced “lah-mah-joon,” these super thin, crisp rounds are traditionally topped with minced… -
Lokum, Turkish delight
Turkish delight (lokum)—you’ve probably heard of it and maybe have tried it… -
Menemen
This classic scrambled-egg breakfast is a real crowd-pleaser: Eggs are loosely scrambled… -
Meze, cold: ezme, patlıcan soslu, dolma
Meze are the shareable small, savory, dishes that kick off a meal—or… -
Meze, hot: ciğer, börek, sarma
The domain of meyhanes, traditional, raucous Turkish taverns, meze are the shareable… -
Midye dolma
These mussels, midye dolma (“mid-yea dol-ma”) are stuffed with seasoned rice (often… -
Raki
Rakı (“rah-kuh”), a strong, anise-flavored spirit made of twice-distilled grapes, is ubiquitous… -
Simit
Often billed as “Turkish bagels,” these dense, skinny rings of sesame-seed-covered dough… -
Tavuk göğsü (Chicken breast pudding)
Tavuk göğsü translates to “chicken breast pudding,” which sounds stranger than it…
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