Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful, cozy & warm New Years!  I can assure you New York City & the tri state area was FREEZING! Just Freezing!  On cold winter days like the ones we are currently having, I love to dip into (rather eat spoons fulls of) tahini & molasses sauce. ... Read More »

Winter has officialy arrived with some snow of course and it has gotten really really cold.  On days when the weather is so cold, I look forward to cooking a hearty filling comfort food.  I had a celeriac in the fridge and a few pieces of veal osso buco from the halal butcher that I had deforsted... Read More »

Making and cooking lamb stew might seem a bit challenging but it actually is not.  It is very important to remember certain detail especially when it comes to cooking with any sort of meats.  One important factor I would like to share with you all is do not salt your meat dishes at the very beginning. ... Read More »

Past Sunday we invited a few of our friends over for breakfast to finish off our holiday celebration.  We all work during the week and most of us are unable to take off from work because the holiday fell on a weekday.     The main dish for our breakfast is the lamb stew I had cooked.  This holiday... Read More »

Shepperd salad is one of the most popular summer salad’s in Turkey. It is also a well known and most frequently served salads in Greece, just top the salad with a few kalamata olives. There are also a varies ways of making this salad, the basic idea is incorporate all fresh vegetables and just... Read More »

I love soups! All kinds of soups actually, but two of my favorites are red & green lentil soups as well as yogurt soup.  During the first week of Ramadan, I was in the mood for some good warm lentil soup.  It is especially good to start a meal with a soup especially during Ramadan, it is... Read More »