Türkiye – a bird’s eye view
Türkiye sits at the meeting point of three different climatic zones and, as a result, has a tremendous variety of landscape features on the scale of a continent rather than a country. Deserts, mountain ranges, coastal plains, forests and pastures make up the massively diverse environment. Add to that the many historical sites cataloguing Türkiye’s […]
Loquat – the fruit that tastes much better than it looks
The first time my neighbours brought me a plate of, what I later discovered were loquat, my initial reaction was that they were well past their sell-by date. Imagine my surprise when I learned they were supposed to look like that and, even better, the soft pulp was juicy and delicious. The loquat The loquat […]
Baklava – the prince of pastries
Baklava is an example of human ingenuity in developing food that not only nourishes the body but also brings happiness to the mind and spirit. The prince of pastries, the swooniest of sweet things – baklava! The approach to eating baklava should be passionate and unreserved. The only way to really savour the sweetness is […]