-
Foodbuzz
-
Mung Bean Salad
June 19th, 2008 | Category: Salad, Turkish Cuisine, Vegetarian
The above mung bean salad wasn’t actually included in the original “San Francisco on The Bosphorus” menu. Instead, I planned to prepare another traditional salad called Gavurdagi, which is usually served at kebab restaurants. A small Mexican restaurant on Columbus Street (crossing Chestnut) that we used to visit with colleagues for lunch on a regular basis was the inspiration. They would always bring a complimentary bowl of tortilla chips accompanied by three different salsas while we anxiously waited for our burritos. Gavurdagi salad is very similar to a Mexican salsa. Finely chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and onions suddenly transform into a delightful spicy salad with the addition of red pepper flakes, sumac, olive oil and pomegranate molasses. I always order it along with a lahmacun before my main course at a kebab restaurant.
24 Comments » | 
Email to a friend | Share this post at 
Dear Readers of The San Francisco Chronicle
June 11th, 2008 | Category: Memoir/Meme/Misc.
Remember me? The Turkish guy that landed at the San Francisco International Airport on a foggy Fall morning ten years ago? Yes, the one that turned heads at Crissy Fields every Sunday on top of his rollerblades.
I am sure we’ve met in one way or another. We might have brushed up against each other in a coffee house somewhere downtown, maybe flirted across tables in a restaurant in North Beach, or even made out in the silent streets of the Marina (call me). If you don’t belong to the lucky bunch, let me introduce myself.
I am assuming you’ve read this already. My name is Cenk (Jenk). I am a 31-year old food blogger, novice photographer, seasoned home baker and a shameless chocoholic from Ä°stanbul, Turkey. I started this blog to share my kitchen adventures with friends and it got bigger in more ways than I’ve imagined.
67 Comments » | Email to a friend | Share this post at
The Princes’ Islands
June 02nd, 2008 | Category: Travel
First, an announcement. Words Without Borders is celebrating its Global Gourmet issue this month. They are featuring guest essays by food writers and bloggers from around the world. I am truly honored to be a part of this exciting gathering, celebrating and enjoying the stories shared by food enthusiasts.
Here’s a sample of what’s to come: Niloufer Ichaporia King (author of My Bombay Kitchen, which I am currently drooling over) walks us through old-world café dining in Bombay, Karen Coates reports on hunger, the food crisis and the legacy of improvisation it has created in Cambodia. Caroline Shin stays up all night and reports on midnight feasts in Buenos Aires, and Aun Koh wakes up and goes out hunting for the perfect roti prata in multi-culti Singapore. Alexandra Grigorieva holds forth on language in Russian food culture and Carolyn Jung connects with the past through homestyle Chinese cooking in San Jose.
19 Comments » | Email to a friend | Share this post at
-
Previously
