Mezze Platter

I love Turkish cuisine, and at Turkish restaurants I’ll always start with a mixed cold appetizer platter. Ali Baba serves...

New-Style Turkish Vegetable Salad

Chef Harrison Mosher of Alta has just returned from a trip to Turkey, one of the Cheng Sisters’ favorite countries!...

Manti (baked minced beef dumplings served w/ light yogurt sauce)

Manti is one of my favorite Turkish foods. Small dumplings with minced beef stuffing, drizzled with a yogurt sauce and...

Freshly Made Fish Cakes w/ homemade tartar sauce

Instead of Asian fish cakes that are usually fried pieces of sliced fish paste, Orhan Yegen’s latest seafood restaurant, Sea...

Lahmacun (Turkish-style pizza)

The lahmacun, Turkish flat bread topped with ground lamb and chopped vegetables, at Ali Baba comes out of the oven...

Almond Pudding

This doesn’t seem to be a traditional Turkish dessert, as my Turkish friends all found it to be rather unusual....