Turkish Cuisine : Cafe Fernando – Food Blog

Back in the spring of '99, after endless days of house hunting, Özlem and I managed to find a 3 bedroom flat in the foggiest and most depressing district of San Francisco - Richmond district, 22nd and Balboa to be specific - just a day prior to getting kicked out by our landlord, who looked like the Chinese twin of Joan Collins. Sick and tired of getting ...

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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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