title: Recipes From a Turkish Kitchen: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes, Techniques
author:  Ghillie Basan 
description: Ghillie Basan has lived and worked in Turkey for a number of years. With a cordon bleu diploma and a degree in social anthropology, she has used her knowledge of Asian and Middle Eastern culinary cultures to write several highly acclaimed cookbooks.
zlib_text: Roast Turkey Breast
  Juicy Meat and Rich, Crispy Skin
  Tuscan Bean Soup
  Hearty One-Pot Meal
  Best-Ever Skillet 
  Brussels Sprouts
  Braised Beef Brisket
  We Broke the Collagen Code
  Which Supermarket 
  Turkey Is Best? 
  Gingerbread  
  Layer Cake
  Sophisticated Showstopper
  Guide to Prime Rib
  Reaching Roast Beef Perfection
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  Best Turkey Soup
  Duchess Potatoes
  Chinese Dumplings
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  Turkish and Middle Eastern Sweets
  Flaky, syrup-soaked BAKLAVA might be the most familiar of the region’s 
  sweets. PISMANIYE is the Turkish equivalent of cotton candy, with 
  a hint of nuts. Sugar-dusted MAMOUL cookies, which crumble like 
  shortbread, house ground nuts at their centers. Cubes of TURKISH 
  DELIGHT are flavored with fruits, nuts, herbs, or spices and are springy 
  like gumdrops. The nubbly crumb of semolina-based NAMOURA cake 
  is drenched in syrup or honey, each piece crowned with an alm