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What Does a Typical Turkish Breakfast Look Like?

Turks love eating. And since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, they know how to extend and add variety to it. Covering a not-so-small amount of land, we can see some local differences in for instance the type of cheese, olives, or even the bread. Yet all regions have one or more… Continue reading What Does a Typical Turkish Breakfast Look Like?

Ottoman Food and Turkish Food

Ottoman Palace cuisine is an indisputable masterpiece and cultural heritage of Turkey. It combines the best characters from many cultures: Turkic, Arabic, Mediterranean, Balkan, Caucasian and others… Best chefs of the magnificent period, during many centuries, created their culinary masterpieces for the Sultans and their courtiers. Recipes were carefully stored and transmitted from one generation… Continue reading Ottoman Food and Turkish Food

Ottoman Palace Cuisine in Istanbul

Being a Palace in Istanbul, a Matbah in a Palace, and a Tabbah in a Matbah. (Tabbah means ‘chef’ in Ottoman Turkish.) Istanbul, the magnificent city where the world has been ruled for centuries; and Topkapi Palace, the symbol of power, wealth, pomp and grandeur, right in the heart of Istanbul. And the sultans, concubines,… Continue reading Ottoman Palace Cuisine in Istanbul