Pizza to Pide

Experimenting with pizza dough, I found it easy to transform into a Turkish pide. With a bit of suçuk and accoutrements of cheese, tomato,egg and onion, it was fit for a good lunch!

Breads from Turkey – in honor of the Arab Spring

In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works -Naguib Mahfou, Egyptian novelist  (Thanks to Jean-Philippe de Tonnac for posting these timely words by Naguib Mahfouz!) ...

Isn’t it a pide!

All alone on Valentine's Day. My honey is away. I need comfort. What should I do? Eat! But exactly what should I eat? Well, when my friend Dilara phones and happily surprises me, I realize the Valentine's Day cure. In fact, I had just bought some suçuk last...