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Category Archives: Turkish food
Bike trip to Turkish Delran, NJ
Today I decided on a whim (and sadly, without sunscreen) to ride my bicycle to Delran, New Jersey. I already knew of the well-stocked Turkish shops and restaurants that exist there. I had a craving for lahmacun and it was … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Featured Markets, Turkish food
Tagged Asian grocery, Delran, kunufe, lahmacun, New Jersey, rakı, simit, Turkish Markets
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Turkish hot pepper paste and cracked wheat salad
Today I’ll share a recipe for one of my favorite Turkish dishes. It is a fine cracked wheat (a.k.a bulgur or burghul) salad. In Turkish the salad is called kısır. This is a very nice thing to eat on hot days, … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, Turkish food
Tagged biber salçası, bulgur salad, cracked wheat, kısır, pepper paste, Turkish Markets
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Purslane, fried as vegetable
I came across this vegetable recently in a local store. It is known as purslane in English, machixian (馬齒莧) in Mandarin, and semiz otu in Turkish—I provide these names as I know of its culinary use in China and Turkey … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Chinese food, Turkish food
Tagged Chinese food, Chinese Markets, 马齿苋, semizotu, Turkish
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Yellow figs from Xinjiang and Turkey
I was surprised to come across yellow figs at a local market several weeks ago. I was used to having a double-take every time I saw dried Chinese chestnuts (they look quite similar), but alas we really do now have … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, Central Asia/Uyghur food, Turkish food
Tagged Chinese food, figs, Xinjiang, 无花果
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Asian Markets of Philadelphia 