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Manisa Kebap. Manisa kebap is a famous kind of kebap from one of the cities in Western Turkey (Manisa). (August 9, 2008)

Turkish Style Breakfast and Menemen. A classical Turkish breakfast consists of feta cheese, butter, green or black olives with 1 tsp olive oil on it, hard or soft boiled eggs garnished with parsley, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers, green peppers, jam/marmalade (a preserve of whole fruits called recel), honey and bread. Preserved meat such as sucuk/sujuk (spicy Turkish sausage), pastirma and plain or cheese pastry (pogaca, borek) and even soups can be taken as a morning meal in Turkiye. A common Turkish speciality for breakfast is called menemen, which is prepared with roasted or fresh tomatoes, green peppers, oil and eggs. And black tea is served at breakfast in small tea cups. It is hard to touch it at first, but, you get used to it in couple minutes. (November 8, 2008)

Pastry With Cheese. We have done pastry using cheese in this Cooking Club. Here are the ingredients and the recipe.

Ingredients:
½ cup vegetable oil, 3/4 cup yogurt
2 eggs (separate 1 yolk on top)
1 cup feta cheese, crumbled
2 tsp sugar, 2 tsp redpepper, 2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder, Flour

(January 30, 2008)

Sarma Day at Divan (Stuffed Grape Leaves). Sarma is a popular Turkish appetizer. It is made with grape leaves. Here is the recipe. (March 30, 2008)

Sekerpare. Sekerpare is a famous Turkish pastry that is great in tea time! Here is the recipe. (May 24, 2008)

Seyda`s Pancake with Cabbage
In this Cooking Club, Seyda cooked us her special pancake with cabbage. Here is the recipe. (March 3, 2008)

Spinach Dip. Alev`s spinach dip was delicous. Partial thawing of the spinach produces a cold dip that can be served without further chilling. If you don't own a microwave, the frozen spinach can be thawed at room temperature for 1 1/2 hours then squeezed of excess liquid. The garlic must be minced or pressed before going into the food processor; otherwise, the dip will contain large chunks of garlic. Here is the recipe: (June 7, 2008)

Strawberry Shortcake. Last Saturday, Alev cooked strawberry shortcake for us. It was delicious. My daughter Fatma is still begging me to cook it. It is very tasty and healthy dessert for summer days. Here is the recipe: (June 7, 2008)

Tantuni. In this Cooking Club, we cooked Tantuni, a famous Turkish dish for a group of people. Here is the recipe:

Tulumba Desert (Tulumba Tatlisi). Tulumba desert is a well known Turkish desert, which every pastry shop carries. Here is the recipe: (October 11, 2008)

Turkish Shortbread (Un Kurabiyesi). Un kurabiyesi is a great appetizer for tea gatherings. Here is the recipe: (February 25, 2008)

Kofte With Eggs (Yumurtali Bulgur Koftesi). We cooked Yumurtali Bulgur Koftesi in today's Cooking Club. Here is the recipe: (October 25, 2008)

Mucver (Zucchini Patty). We cooked mucver in the Cooking Club. It is usually served as an appetizer. Here is the recipe: (November 11, 2007)

Zucchini Salad. We cooked Turkish style Zucchini Salad in this Cooking Club. Here is the recipe. (February 3, 2008)