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December 15, 2011, 1 Comment

Food&Wine, a famous magazine in the USA, made a list of ‘world’s best cities for street food’. There are 24 cities in the list and Istanbul is the fifth best …

beetroot-borek1

Beetroot Borek

October 24, 2011, 12 Comments

You already know we have various boreks with various fillings in our cuisine. Cheese, mince and potato fillings are the most common ones. You can play ...

purslane-borek2

Purslane Borek

June 13, 2011, 9 Comments

If you are following this blog for a while, you know how I am into boreks just like many people in my country. We can fill them with anything dependin ...

borekwithonion1

Onion Borek

June 3, 2011, 11 Comments

Borek is one of the breads I make very often, especially for big breakfasts. I bake it either in oven or in a non stick pan and love to stuff ...

  • puffpastry2
    Fluffy Pastry
    January 10, 2011, 41 Comments

    While coming home from school by minibus today, I realized something that may be interesting for people out of Turkey. That is how we pay the fare. You know a ...

  • halfmoonborek18
    Halfmoon Borek
    October 24, 2010, 25 Comments

    A new small market was opened on our street last week. It’s great to see that such local markets are still alive. They have been like animals in danger of ...

  • chardborek5
    Chard Borek
    August 15, 2009, 25 Comments

    This was going to be our usual potato borek, but our neighbor brought us a bunch of chard just as I was preparing to make borek. They have a small ...

  • borekmixed1
    Borek with Vegetables
    May 28, 2009, 17 Comments

    We saw an extraordinary vivacity in our neighborhood this evening. Some people were setting up a music system in front of our building, some were placing plastic chairs in the ...

  • cigarborek4
    Cigarette Borek
    April 2, 2009, 23 Comments

    Our national football team had a match with Spain yesterday. We love watching matches with friends, so we called some friends and invited them to watch the match together. They ...

  • potatoborek5
    Borek with Potato
    March 20, 2009, 18 Comments

    Borek is one of my favorite Turkish pastries and it’s one of the most common pastries served to guests. I generally make borek at the weekend as a preperation for ...