Loving the food! We often start the day with a "breakfast of champions" not Wheaties, but a typical Turkish breakfast consisting of tomatoes and cucumber, cheese omelete, fruit. The slide of Sierra at the top is of her eating lentil soup, which is common for lunch or dinner.
Tomatoes galore! Red and juicy and they complement everything- I tend to cook with them nightly.
The girls and I have also been experimenting with all different types of sweet treats- traditional baklava is the most common delicacy, but we've also sampled cake from the baker behind Aleah. The photo of the family was taken on Buyukada island where we had our first fancy fish dinner. It felt like our table was floating on the sea as water passed below the restaurant and seagulls dove for scraps. The owner of the restaurant treated us to Karufa, a dessert consisting of rice noodles cooked over a flame in some sort of sugary base with cream in the center- mouth watering. Like many cultures- food is the center of socializing. It's not uncommon to spend 2 hrs. eating a meal. We've also learned that the waiter will never bring the Hasup (Turkish for check) unless asked. They're not eager to turn tables like we are in the states (speaking as a former waitress). Next task....taking a cooking class so I can discover more than a few ways to cook with tomatoes!
Tomatoes galore! Red and juicy and they complement everything- I tend to cook with them nightly.
The girls and I have also been experimenting with all different types of sweet treats- traditional baklava is the most common delicacy, but we've also sampled cake from the baker behind Aleah. The photo of the family was taken on Buyukada island where we had our first fancy fish dinner. It felt like our table was floating on the sea as water passed below the restaurant and seagulls dove for scraps. The owner of the restaurant treated us to Karufa, a dessert consisting of rice noodles cooked over a flame in some sort of sugary base with cream in the center- mouth watering. Like many cultures- food is the center of socializing. It's not uncommon to spend 2 hrs. eating a meal. We've also learned that the waiter will never bring the Hasup (Turkish for check) unless asked. They're not eager to turn tables like we are in the states (speaking as a former waitress). Next task....taking a cooking class so I can discover more than a few ways to cook with tomatoes!