Sugar High Friday - Most-craved dessert: Nutella Tart
June 25th, 2007 | Category: Baked Goods, Chocolate, Memoir/Meme/Misc.

No need to think twice.
My most-craved dessert of all time is the super-creamy, too-good-to-be-true Nutella Tart.
Jennifer of The Domestic Goddess, creator of the scrumptious Sugar High Friday food event, is hosting this month’s SHF.
Nutella Tart is a variation of the chocolate ganache tart I bake quite frequently.
You can check out previous versions here, here and here.
Oh, and one more here.
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Çukurcuma - A hidden treasure for antique enthusiasts
June 21st, 2007 | Category: Cool Finds, Memoir/Meme/Misc.

When people visit İstanbul, they usually prefer to go to Grand Bazaar for antique and kilim shopping. They are missing a lot.
Grand Bazaar surely is a place worth visiting over and over, but there is another spot. One that is a hidden treasure.
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
March 22nd, 2007 | Category: Memoir/Meme/Misc.
Shaun tagged me for the famous meme. So, here we go:
- I was born 10 pounds and with Pertussis (whooping cough). My mom had it as well, so I was never breastfed. I also rejected anything that resembled a nipple, such as a pacifier or a feeding bottle. From the moment I was born, I started eating with a spoon. My mom recalls me screaming at the top of my lungs each time that spoon was out of my mouth. The only thing that made me shut up was another spoonful of food. 30 years has passed and nothing has changed.
- I started school at the age of 5. Thanks to my older brother, I learned how to read and write at the age of four. I rather not tell the first three words he taught me.
- I am known for my extremely unhealthy and dangerous dieting methods. Once, I lost 40 pounds by eating 3 apples a day for a month. Now I know better.
- I was once a radio DJ at the college radio station. I had many stalkers.
- Over the years, I have worked under many unreasonable and demanding managers. One of them ordered (!) me to create artificial winds in the office to test the resistance of an outdoor banner under several different conditions. I just laughed. Directly at his face. I am seriously considering compiling many of these unreasonable assignments in a book.















































