Cuisine

Starting with the opening of Münferit in Istanbul's Galatasaray neighborhood, new generation, or in other words, modern Turkish pubs have emerged and become a part of our lives. But the most jaw-dropping place was opened in Beyoğlu six years ago, named Safi, where you could place your orders for lakerda, hummus and others through an iPad. 

PARIS June 27 (Reuters) - For many people, the smell of a pizza fresh from the oven and lovingly crafted is a culinary delight that's hard to beat. But now that hand-crafted pizza has a rival: pizza made by robot.

The traditional Turkish dessert baklava will not be produced with pistachio during Ramadan this year due to high pistachio prices, association heads stated on May 12.

The biggest fried lamb liver in the world has started to be prepared, the mayor of the northwestern Turkish province of Edirne said on May 8.

The Romanian traditional cuisine is extremely tasteful and appreciated internationally, but it is necessary for it to be well presented in the plate, the founder of Euro-Toques Romania, Dumitru Burtea, now a honorary president of the association and life member of World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS) told AGERPRES.

The pieces of lomo (beef tenderloin) go on top of the rice but the rice, which had been plated in a nice shape, had already started collapsing before I could even touch it with the tip of my fork. While I am not an expert on Peruvian cuisine, tastewise, the meat was as soft as a cloud and the marinade was divine.

A group of chefs in Turkey claimed a world record for the largest baklava on March 22 with a giant tray of the pastry dessert weighing over half a ton.

Before I was welcomed into the director's residence on the sprawling grounds of the American Farm School (AFS) in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, I was given an extensive tour of the campus: the daycare center, the kindergarten, elementary school, the general high school and training college, Perrotis College, which offers graduate and postgraduate studies, the areas where the school rears turke

Imagine a feast featuring a myriad of dishes bearing names such as potage crème royale, burek, paupiette à la reine, croustade de foie gras à la Lucullus, kebab du Savoy, Ali Pasha pilaf. A chef’s confusion at its finest? Maybe not, but such a feast surely gives clues about the mode of an era. These were some of the dishes that were served at banquets in the last era of the Ottoman Palace.

At my local Chinese takeaway, January was greeted with the traditional handing over of the calendar along with my order, a brightly coloured affair that's been a household fixture for some years, according to the Independent. 

Ah, I said, unfurling the scroll. It's the Year of the Dog! That's my birth year!