Comments on: Turkish food and other wonderful things

By: creativevoyage

creativevoyage — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:44:08 +0000

I need to get that book ! Have you read Claudia Roden's Great Big Gigantic Book of Jewish Food as I call it ? Also stuffed with great history and reminiscences. creativevoyages last blog post..Living Small

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:58:57 +0000

@Matt – Oh, lucky you! Enjoy! My trip to Turkey was way too brief but the thing that sticks in my mind is definitely how amazing all the food was. *sigh*

@Sandie – Awesome. You can even review it on your site. And try the Hungarian mushroom stew. It’s outrageous.

@Kate – You know, my brother is a fantastic cook and very, very passionate about cooking. Of course I’m not sure how he’ll feel about me lending him out, but what the hell. We can try!

Also, he makes handmade tortillas so yeah, he’s a catch. :)

By: Sandie Law

Sandie Law — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:17:28 +0000

Okay...I'm not a cookbook fan (I'm more of a pinch of this, dash of that kinda girl), Jewish, or vegetarian (anymore...long story). BUT...I am going to buy this cookbook. It sounds delightful. As does your father and your gentleman friend. They both "get" it. Sandie Laws last blog post..Identifying Food Allergies

By: Matt Krause

Matt Krause — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:27:35 +0000

My wife is Turkish and we live in Istanbul. Her mother cooks the most amazing Turkish food. I love going over there for dinner, it is definitely one of life’s treats!

One of my favorites is Perde Pilav (Curtain Rice). Chicken cooked along with the rice, so they feed off each other’s flavors while baking!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:26:32 +0000

I am so envious of your gentleman friend. I need a cooking gentleman friend. Does your brother cook? Can I borrow him?

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:21:09 +0000

I know! Everyone loves Douglas because everyone ought to. Isn’t he great? Lucky Shirley!

Loving all the cookbook recommendations.

@Sundie – Fluffy feathers!?!? That’s totally going to become my new exclamation for everything.

@Mira – Ohmygod I have to read that. In my mind of course Max and Eli are still maybe twelve so I’m sure reading their BOOK would bring me up to speed.

By: mira

mira — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:02:46 +0000

Havita:
So long as we’re all shamelessly plugging our favorite cookbooks–my cousins Eli and Max Sussman wrote a cookbook called “Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef.” It’s awesome, although neither vegetarian nor kosher. So I don’t make THOSE dishes.
Love, Mira

By: Sundi D. Hayes

Sundi D. Hayes — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:44:21 +0000

Oh Havi! For the love of ducks why must you always tell us about your gentleman friend who partakes of some hidden skill increasing potion providing him with insight into the hidden desires of your pallet while you sit patiently at the table with fork in hand? Although my gentleman friend (read as husband in my case) cooks he sticks with the standard mid-western (state-side) fair. Today? Homemade chicken noodle soup. Bliss. And no one in the house is sick even!

Fluffy feathers! I’d give my left five toes for as much writing talent as Douglas.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:28:50 +0000

I love stuffed peppers, but I'm not sure how I'd feel about them without the ground beef.... Douglas sounds like a barrel of monkeys of fun Melissas last blog post..California Dreamin

By: GirlPie

GirlPie — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:59:48 +0000

What a lovely man. I hope his grandchildren attend him as deserved. He’s soon to be internet-famous and then they’ll have to make an appointment…