Zerrin on 07 29, 2010 | 17 Comments
You may think it is not a good idea to cook meat in Summer as it is not light like vegetables. But I can tell you that if you cook it in this way, it is not heavy either. We cooked it not only becau
Read MoreZerrin on 10 18, 2009 | 42 Comments
This is one of the most popular traditional Turkish fast food. It’s originally from an Eastern city of Turkey, Sanliurfa. Now you can find lahmacun restaurants all around the country and not surpr
Read MoreZerrin on 10 4, 2009 | 20 Comments
I was arranging the photos of this post this morning when I heard a peddler’s voice outside. I couldn’t undesrtand what he was selling at first. In fact, street peddlers are famous for their spe
Read MoreZerrin on 09 13, 2009 | 9 Comments
We've started to count down for the end of the Ramadan month. There is a very sweet festival waiting for all muslims at the end of this fasting month. And I want to share still another Ramadan tradi
Read MoreZerrin on 05 1, 2009 | 9 Comments
Etli Kuru Fasulye While I was reading the lovely comments written on my post, dad called me and asked if I added his favorite dish to my blog. I told him that I added a similar version of it, but h
Read MoreZerrin on 04 20, 2009 | 20 Comments
Keşkek is a special name of a traditional wedding dish. It is mostly made in Central Anatolia and Agean region of Turkey. Weddings in these places last a few days and during this time, various di
Read MoreZerrin on 04 10, 2009 | 7 Comments
Arnavut Cigeri We decided to have raki for dinner tonight and one of our favorite appetizers (savory foods) to eat with raki is Albanian liver. It certainly goes perfect with raki. We used to
Read MoreZerrin on 03 17, 2009 | 8 Comments
Köfte As Turkish people, we love matballs (we call it “köfte” in Turkish) so much that we eat it very often. It is the second popular Turkish fast food after simit. There are a lot of resta
Read MoreZerrin on 03 14, 2009 | 10 Comments
Today we wanted to make something special for dinner. We usually prefer raki if we want to have some alcohol at dinner. But today we decided to have red wine instead and that’s why we thought that
Read MoreZerrin on 03 11, 2009 | 8 Comments
Before my friend Jyldyz Chynybekova, from Kyrgyzstan sent me this manti recipe, I thought that manti is just special for Turkey. When I saw this recipe from her, I realized again that Kyrgyzstan and
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