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White Radish and Carrot Salad
I make the white radish and carrot salad you see in the center of the table quite often, both for guests and for ourselves. Super easy to make, delicious, and good for you....
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Cinnamon Raisin Babka
A couple of days ago, I found myself craving sweet breads, and as a result, frantically leafing through cookbooks in search of something tall, filled, tender, and perfect with a cup of tea....
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Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
In the beginning, long time ago, I didn’t bake oatmeal cookies. They came in from our favorite store, Costco. Murat was the only one who ate them. Kids found them too “cinnamony.” I...
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Fresh Berry Pavlova Cake (Video)
This post was originally published on August 13, 2011 and I am updating it today with the video recipe from my new YoutTube Channel – AZCookbook with Feride. Please SUBSCRIBE to it and...
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Banana and Berries with Cream
This recipe for banana and berries with cream comes from my good friend’s mom, aunt Turkan. I love it. Aunt Turkan uses plums and grapes in addition to banana and berries and tosses...
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Summer Berry Yogurt Loaf Cake
When I saw the recipe for Raspberry Lime Yogurt Pound Cake on Elle’s New England Kitchen, I knew I had to make it as soon as possible. I love berries and I find...
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Tajik Green Lentil and Rice Soup
A few days ago, my friend Ayten in Baku posted a video from Tajikistan on her social media – she is moving to the country because she was offered a head position in...
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Eggplant and Mushroom Baked Saffron Rice (Tahcheen)
Bright, vivid colors, a skillful use of aromatic spices, irresistible flavors coming from varied ingredient concoctions, and an eye-pleasing presentation with fresh herbs, dried rose petals, pistachios, almonds, or barberries scattered atop savory...
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Rice Pilaf with Butternut Squash and Beans
“When are you going to change that cookie picture on your blog?,” a good friend of mine recently reproached me. She is right. I have been away for too long. But my mind has always...
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Golden Rice Crust
Azerbaijani rice pilafs prepared with the “drain-and-steam” technique are called by their general name, suzme plov, which literally means “drained pilaf.” The name stems directly from how the rice is prepared. Thoroughly washed and...
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Rice Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers
A few years ago, when my in-laws were visiting from Turkey, we were invited to the 4th of July block party organized on our street. We were told that there would be a...
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Layered Rice Pilaff With Dried Fruit and Chestnuts
Eziz Qonaqlar, Meclisimize Ash Gelir! Ok, no panicking, it’s in Azeri, I’ll translate, word by word: Dear Guests, Pilaff is Entering Our Ceremony! This is how the Tamada, a Toastmaster always announces the...
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Chocolate Curd Cheese (or Ricotta) Muffins
We have mastered the art of making curd cheese at home, haven’t we? Now the time has come to incorporate our cheese into delicious dishes, both savory and sweet. We’ll begin with sweet...
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Crumb Cake “Fragile”
This recipe for the most delicious crumb cake comes from my friend Sevinj in Baku. She learned how to make it from a cooking show back in Azerbaijan hosted by Shirin, a baker....
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Lemon-Cardamom Ricotta Cookies
The other day during one my regular refrigerator clean-ups, I found a container of unused ricotta cheese staring at me. I remembered buying it a while ago when I ventured into making a...