Turkish Bagel

Turkish Bagel

Take a voyage to Turkey with me as you enjoy my novels, What Survives and As They Are. To download the full recipe booklet, click on the image at right. All recipes offered with permission from the Turkish Raindrop Foundation.

Kisir

Kisir

Take a voyage to Turkey with me as you enjoy my novels, What Survives and As They Are. To download the full recipe booklet, click on the image at right. All recipes offered with permission from the Turkish Raindrop Foundation.

Lentil Patties

Lentil Patties

Take a voyage to Turkey with me as you enjoy my novels, What Survives and As They Are. To download the full recipe booklet, click on the image at right. All recipes offered with permission from the Turkish Raindrop Foundation.

Preference Considered

Preference Considered

All of our lives, we suffer folks who tell us what we ought to be doing. Some of this is good advice, and we are glad to have taken wise instruction. The problem is that many folks speak with great authority when they are dead wrong. You  may be thinking that this is obvious. What is she talking about? Any idiot knows this. But what do you do when the orthodontist tells you that unless you have major work done on your jaw, you will eventually lose all of your teeth? Of course, that work will cost you thousands of dollars and put you in severe pain for months. Do you get a second opinion, or do you comply? After all, this orthodontist is reputed to be the best, and he speaks with great authority. Staying with the mouth as a metaphor, as by its virtue, it is a...

Grape Leaves

Grape Leaves

Take a voyage to Turkey with me as you enjoy my novels, What Survives and As They Are. To download the full recipe booklet, click on the image at right. All recipes offered with permission from the Turkish Raindrop Foundation.

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