I’m having trouble beginning this post… four times now I’ve gone to the kitchen to eat peanut butter out of the jar in an attempt to get my creative writing wheels turning Turkey’s culture is so diverse I think it’s easier to just write a list: Ancient. Modern. Secular. Allah. Conservative. Liberal. Spices. Herbs. Skyscrapers.
Sweet, Sweet Heaven Is it sad that what I was looking forward to most about a month spent in Greece and Turkey was the baklava?! The first photograph taken in Turkey was of me eating baklava So it only makes sense to continue my obsession in the USofA! A little time consuming to make, but
My cousin Mindee and I spent a wonderful week exploring the island Sifnos in preparation for her wedding that will be held there next summer. Compared to Mikinos and Ios catering to the younger crowd looking to party, Sifnos is a much more laid back island with quiet beaches, lush hills ideal for hiking and
On mine and Mindee’s first night on Sifnos, Greece, we had a wonderful dinner at O Argiris in the port of Kamares. We started our dinner with chickpea balls and a Greek salad followed by melt-in-your-mouth slow cooked lamb called Mastelo, all Sifian Specialties! Chickpea balls are similar to falafel only not as spicy. Falafel is
Savory gorgonzola and sweet apricots make a heavenly combination My friend Kate from Seattle (we met 3 years ago while living in Thailand) came to visit for a couple of days and on her last night here we had a Sex And The City, Wine and Flat Bread Marathon. Kate is a great cook (enjoying healthy
I have been craving lemon poppy seed cake… …so when my friend’s mom, Rosco, gave me a bag of Meyer lemons from the tree in their backyard, I was more than anxious to get home to my cookbooks… Rosco is so loving and generous and insisted that I take home with a bag full of
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