by fisunercan | Mar 18, 2016 | Recipes
I admit it; I’m a cake lover. Luckily, I’m not a pâtissière, because I would eat a whole cake everyday! But not those made out of “mousse”. I’m quite traditional when it comes to the cakes. At this point, I don’t even care if there is any frosting or cream on it, I...
by fisunercan | Mar 11, 2016 | Recipes
What is a “börek”? Everybody asks me this question whenever we have it on the menu. So I decided to write about it and make a recipe. I know that will make my husband happy too. I think Turkish men are made out of dough. They love everything made with flour; they eat...
by fisunercan | Feb 15, 2016 | Stories
I’m nostalgic lately, dreaming about summer picnics at the beach from my childhood. The beaches were not called beach clubs yet! They were all virgin with clean sand, no restaurants, bars or coffee houses, not even long chairs. There were long tables on the sand with...
by fisunercan | Feb 15, 2016 | Recipes
Who doesn’t love pomegranate? The juicy, tangy, sweet seeds are addictive. It can be challenging to open and to seed them if you’re not familiar with the technique, but the result is definitely worth the effort. I don’t even remember how and when I learned to open...
by fisunercan | Feb 4, 2016 | Recipes
We call this kaşık salata, which means spoon salad in Turkish. It’s more of a salsa than salad and it’s eaten with a spoon! The difference is that ingredients are chopped more coarsely in kaşık salata, and it has more texture and crunchiness than salsa. Chopped tomato...