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Two Summer Salads
July 18th, 2008 | Category: Salad, Turkish Cuisine
Come summer, I find a box full of organic produce on my desk every Monday morning. Big, bright red tomatoes that do smell and taste like tomatoes, tiny crunchy seedless cucumbers, crisp & sweet green peppers and a bunch of tender purslane. And how can I forget the dark purple eggplants that will perfume my kitchen all week long while they bake in the oven with ...
Smoked Turkey Sandwich and Cacik
April 05th, 2006 | Category: Turkish Cuisine
I don't always have the time to cook when I arrive home from work. And if there isn't anything left over from the previous day, my choice for a quick & light dinner is usually a sandwich with cacik on the side. Tonight's sandwich was smoked turkey with avocado.
Cacik (closest pronounciation is "Jahjik") is a traditional Turkish meze (appetizer), which is made of yogurt, cucumber, water, garlic ...
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