The spinning roast of Bursa: seasoned lamb (or beef, or chicken) stacked on a vertical spit, shaved into warm bread with tomato sauce, yogurt and browned butter. Ingredients: lamb leg or shoulder, onion juice, yogurt, ol…
'The imam fainted': whole eggplants stuffed with onion, tomato and garlic, braised in olive oil until silken — legend says the imam swooned at the pleasure (or the oil bill). Ingredients: small eggplants, onions, tomatoe…
The 'pizza' of the Levantine-Turkish oven (with far older roots): cracker-thin dough spread with spiced minced meat, rolled around parsley, onion and lemon. Ingredients: flour, yeast, water, salt (dough); topping: minced…
Gaziantep's emerald gold: forty whisper-thin layers of filo, bright green Antep pistachios and clotted kaymak, cut in diamonds and glossed with syrup. Ingredients: filo or hand-rolled yufka, clarified butter, Antep pista…