Monthly Archives: October 2009

Caramelized pumpkin with clotted cream (Kabak tatlisi)

I found out about this event a few days ago. Sounded very interesting especially since Turkey was the first country mentioned and I am going to visit Istanbul for the first time in December! Prior to this dish, you would have mentioned pumpkin dessert to me, and frankly you would not have gotten a very [...]
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Anise Tea (Yansoon)

I can name two drinks that I was given on a regular basis by my grandmother as a child when I would complain about a tummy ache or just “not feeling well”. Anise tea was one of them, the other was “white coffee”, which I will post about later. I had been reading a book [...]
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Pomegranate salad (Khoshaf al-rumman)

My grandmother (God rest her soul) had one habit that I remember. She would take a break every day from her household duties, around four PM, to sit and eat a couple of pomegranates. She would chew the seeds slowly, as if she was meditating. She was a diabetic and hypertensive, so I don’t really [...]
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