Cuisine

Frugality for the future of food

Food is essential to life. Our existence is dependent on the food we eat, so it is no coincidence that we often identify ourselves with what we eat. Food is in a way the very core of our cultures and identities. Mankind has always struggled for food, fought for food and prayed for food. We all surely appreciate what we eat and feel grateful to be able to have it.

Ottomans in Europe

When I first saw the call for papers on H-Turk, a list-serve of a history-focused group of academics, I said to myself, "That's for me!" The title was "From Kebab to ?evab?i?i: Eating Practices in Ottoman Europe." I was a bit intimidated at the beginning as it was organized by the research group "Ottoman Europe," a group of historians from Giessen University in Germany.

Amid migrant wave, German Turks point at 'past mistakes'

As Germany takes in record numbers of people fleeing Syria and other war zones, its large Turkish community is warning the country not to "repeat the mistakes of the past".
 
Europe's top destination for refugees is also home to the world's largest Turkish diaspora, counting some three million, a legacy of Germany's post-war so-called guest worker programme.
 

Every Turkish girl's dream: Making börek

Baking börek is not rocket science. Any idiot can do it. It is a trap for girls. Have you ever seen a man say he will learn how to make börek so his marriage can last? Börek is a Turkish pastry. We even have a song for it: ?Börekler açar?m sana,? (I will make böreks for you) by Nazan Öncel. I was going to give the link to the song but I listened to it and decided not to.

EU announces Cypriot 'understanding' over halloumi

In the protracted negotiations to bring together the Turkish and Greek communities of Cyprus, few would imagine that a rubbery cheese would make its mark.

But on July 17, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced the sides had reached a ?common understanding? on registering halloumi cheese as a ?protected designation of origin? (PDO) product under EU law.

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