Month: August 2012

Egyptian Food

Egyptian Food

Egyptian food does not have the world’s greatest reputation. Which is, frankly, a little unfair. Sure, a lot of Egyptian food is, fundamentally, Turkish, the staples that you’ll find all over what was once the Ottoman Empire, from the Middle East to the Balkans. The 

Stretchy, Super-Cool, Turkish Ice Cream!

Stretchy, Super-Cool, Turkish Ice Cream!

Turkish ice cream is different. Not just because, in the tourist towns, there are men in costumes working magic tricks with it for the kids. Though that’s pretty special. “Opa!” they cry, as they whisk a wodge of icecream away from the cone, leaving a