My Pear Almond Cookies are based on the traditional recipe of Turkish elmali kurabiye (or apple cookies). Only I modified the filling by using pears and almonds instead of apples and walnuts. The result are delicious, juicy cookies. I haven’t Read More …
Recently, I have come up with recipes to fulfill two goals – and this vegan banana zucchini bread succeeds with both – 1) to use up as many things as possible from our pantry before we move and 2) to Read More …
One thing I like very much about the U.S. is that holidays that fall on a weekend day are observed either on the Friday before or the Monday after. Like today when Independence Day is observed because tomorrow is a Read More …
Kohlrabi to me is a vegetable from my childhood. It was regularly served. I remember, when I lived in Istanbul, my friend tried very hard to find kohlrabi. She wanted to serve it to her little son. After several weeks Read More …
Today I got up on the wrong side of the bed. But actually the day started to go off even before I got up. After the alarm clock rang, Canavar started to retch. I only managed to turn his head Read More …
