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My passion with food started when I was coming from scholl and following the smell of the freshly made home cooking by my mother and helping her in the kitchen with basic tasks.

Turkish cuisine is renowned as one of the world’s best but do not known very well. It is considered to be one of the four main cuisines of the world because of the variety of its recipes, its use of natural ingredients, its flavours and tastes that appeal to all food lovers and its influence throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The cuisine originated in central Asia next to China and Russia, the first home of the Turks, and then evolved with the contributions of the inland and Mediterranean cultures with which Turks interacted after their arrival in Anatolia in Ottoman time. Turkish cuisine is in a sense a bridge between far-Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines, with the accent always on enhancing the natural taste and flavour of the ingredients. There is no one dominant element in Turkish cuisine, like sauces in French and pasta in Italian cuisines.

 

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  1. Sounds wonderful. I look forward to reading and trying some of your recipes!

  2. Your blog is one that I look forward to reading. I have also tried some of your recipes and loved them. I am sending you the Kreativ Blog Award.
    There are some requirements when you accept:
    1. Thank the blogger who gave you the award and provide a link.
    2. List 7 things about yourself that your readers might find interesting
    3. Nominate 7 other bloggers, provide links, and let them know.

  3. Love Turkish food!

  4. Hello Lion, I love TURKISH FOOD, great blog.
    Check mine http://zeynepsag.wordpress.com/

  5. Hi very inspiring blog…trying to find how I follow it on wordpress but haven’t worked it out yet. I am organising a Turkish cooking holiday this October in Turkey,please have a look at my blog too. Thanks Mel

    • Thank you Mel. I checked your blog and it is very interesting.. I am from Oludeniz and leaving in UK past 16 years and know Oludeniz and neighbourhood area inside out very well. Regards Aslan

  6. I have been wanting to make ezme for years since a local Turkish restaurant closed. Next, I want to know how to use sumac in cooking. 🙂

  7. This is a great site, so happy to have found you. We usedto eat lots of Turkish food in London but now we live in a small town in Italy we can’t find it, so we need to start making our own. A great resource.

  8. I have linked to your aubergine recipes as my Food Pharmacy blog today is on this wonderful food. Thank you.

  9. Angela Clark said:

    Thank you for a very pleasant and interesting cookery lesson today. Alan and I enjoyed cooking alongside you and eating the food in your company. I particularly liked the spinach, yoghurt and nut salad. I’m looking forward to using some of your blog recipes in my own kitchen. You are a very gracious and enthusiastic teacher.

  10. Linda said:

    I cannot say enough good words about my cookery course. The range of dishes and new tastes of delicious food surprised and delighted me. We cooked aubergines on the barbecue for dips. I learned how to make a Turkish ravioli and beautiful tomato sauce. Aslan was always giving tips and stories of his homeland which made for a very interesting day. We sipped Turkish tea and ate home made cookies. I returned home full of good ideas to try with the family. Cannot wait to go back again.

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