Meliz’s Kitchen: Simple Turkish-Cypriot comfort food and fresh family feasts

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An exploration into the culinary identity of eastern Europe through stunning food and travel photography, interspersed with stories and memories of tiny buildings called summer kitchens. A beautiful and detailed journey into the food of Turkey, from the award winning cook and traveller, with 150 recipes and gorgeously photographed throughout ” This glorious volume by award-winning author and cook Ghillie Basan looks in detail at the culinary history and geography, the customs and festivities, as well as the local ingredients, and presents a tantalizing selection of classic regional recipes. Sun: 10am-6pm Whether you are in the busy streets of Istanbul, in a small village in Anatolia, on the slopes above Bursa, or in a resort in the Mediterranean, the enticing aroma of grilling, baking, and spices fills the air—warm bread rings covered in sesame seeds; deep-fried mussels with a garlicky sauce; roasted chestnuts, almonds and pistachio nuts; savory pastries filled with melting cheese; lamb roasting on a spit; eggplants smoking over charcoal; and the scent of fresh peaches. Featuring 100 superb recipes, a gorgeous collection of food and lifestyle images, and evocative personal narrative, Hercules illustrates how the region's cuisine varies as much as the landscapes, climate, and produce through her travels to the Carpathians, the Black Sea, the shores of the Danube and Dnieper, and her native land. A celebration of the melting-pot of delicious spices and fresh flavours that make a Turkish-Cypriot kitchen. The Turks are passionate about their cuisine.

• B-Code: B063042
• Format: Hardback
• Dimensions: 252x192mm
• 2cm x 19.
• Pages: 288
• 25.
• ISBN: 9781529109504
• 2cm.
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 30/06/2022
• Author: Berg, Meliz