Cuisine

A Greek sandwich called ‘Deconstructed bean soup’ received second prize at the 11th World Sandwich Delifrance competition that took place on march 14-15 in the framework of the Sandwich & Snack Show in Paris. The 10 gastronomy contestants had to put together a dish based on a traditional food served in their countries.

U.S. prosecutor Preet Bharara who has charged Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab for fraud has been in the spotlight of Turkish Twitter users following the news of Zarrab's arrest.

Bharara's Twitter followers increased from around 20,000 to more than 115,000 in just 24 hours with Turkish users mentioning him with admiration and praises.

Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey was recently added to the UNESCO World Creative Cities Network in the category of gastronomy. This is a city with a deep history of cuisine with countless stories and legends attached to its numerous dishes. Here is one, and more:

Turkish kebab and Turkish delight are probably the duo that comes to one's mind when one thinks of Turkish cuisine. Well, yes, Turks eat kebab and nearly every city has a kebab cooking method of its own. But for some, it is all about maça, spirulina, chia and almond milk these days. 

According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) released on Monday, inflation in Bulgaria stood at 0 % in the first month of this year.

The index of consumer prices in January 2016 compared to the same month last year was 100 %, with the monthly and annual inflation both being 0%.

This shocking video shows two young women fighting on a street outside a kebab shop.

A brunette woman in a white strapless dress is violently kicking and punching another reveller outside the shop on Belmont Street, in Aberdeen city centre.

The renowned British chef chose to cook Greek stifado, a stew that is ‘as rich and warming as it is tasty and health’.

Last week, two dozen Arab chefs and a handful of Jewish ones descended on the northern port city of Haifa for four days of celebrating Arab cuisinePalestinian chef Johnny Goric has cooked for U.S. President Barack Obama and served as a judge on the Palestinian version of Masterchef, a reality TV cooking show.

As one good friend from distant lands has reminded recently, Turkey these days looks like the man who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Once again, it's the never-ending struggle, the (Islamic) "dawa" - the fight for the advancement of Sunni Islamism. "Dawa" commands fighting the infidel at home and abroad, including in (non-Sunni) Muslim lands. 

Turkey's southeastern provinces, which enjoyed a tourism boon during the de-facto cease-fire period between 2013 and the first half of 2015, are now facing a big decline in the number of visitors, with less tours heading to the region over security concerns.