Flying High

Photo from here.

Soon after this post goes public, I will be be boarding a plane to fly to our first destination, Turkiye. I am looking forward to seeing my family and [...]

Happy Novruz!

Happy Novruz! Happy Spring, everyone! Wishing you peace, health, prosperity and wonderful new beginnings!

On The Move Again…

Not me, my blog is. I am in the process of moving my blog from wordpress.com to wordpress.org to complicate my life and to add more to my already [...]

Yellow for Bri - My favorite flower to you

YELLOW NARCISSUS IN THE MORNING DEW
Picture taken by yours truly in our backyard.
Narcissus is my favorite flower. White or yellow, it is so fragile, so beautiful and it [...]

You Make My Day!

I received another sweet award. This time from my dear foodie friend George at Culinary Travels Of A Kitchen Goddess who surprised me with the You Make My Day award! [...]

Top 10 Pictures

I’ve been tagged again. How fun! My wonderful foodie friend Vi from Flowers In The Kitchen tagged me. Thank you, VI! This is a new tag started by Anna [...]

And The Winner Is…

The contest is over. Looks like my daughter generated more interest than ice cream:)) Thank you for your nice words about her! Hmm, maybe it’s my fault - I [...]

My First AWARDS - Thank You!

I am humbled and excited and happy! I received several awards within a week. I feel honored to have been selected among so many wonderful blogs out there considering I’ve [...]

How to Stop Screaming? Win ICE CREAM!

This is my daughter Meltem happily unpacking the ice cream:) Head cropped off, bad bad mom.

Yesterday a UPS truck drove up to our house and a friendly driver handed [...]

Two Times Tart - A Trans-Cultural Culinary Exploration

Last month I received an email from Julie Upmeyer in Istanbul who was asking whether I would like to contribute a tart filling recipe for her project called Two Times [...]