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Traditional and modern family favourite recipes.
Meliz's Kitchen is a celebration of the melting-pot of delicious spices and fresh flavours that make a Turkish-Cypriot kitchen.
Find inspiration in nine chapters of vibrant, nourishing cooking: Kahvalti (breakfast), Meze & Salata (dishes and salads to share), Ocak & Kizartma (traditional stove-top dishes), Firin (hearty dishes from the oven), Yahni (easy one-pots and slow-cooking), Kebab & Kofte (barbecue dishes and accompaniments), Ekmek & Hamur Isi (breads, doughs, and pastries) and Kek ve Tatlilar (crowd-pleasing sweets).
Recipes include:
Spiced Scrambled Eggs
One-tray Cypriot Breakfast
Cypriot Pasta Bake
Stuffed Vine Leaves
Chicken Doner Kebabs
Filo Meat Pies
Moussaka
Slow-roasted Lamb Casserole
Flat Olive Crisp Breads
Ricotta-filled Pastries and Tahini
Carob Molasses Baklava.
With easy-to-follow steps and no special equipment needed, this book will bring sunshine to your kitchen and transport you to the brilliant blue Mediterranean sea.
Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer and food content creator. Inspired by her Turkish-Cypriot heritage, and experience of growing up in a household that combined both traditional Cypriot and London living, she created the blog and instagram page Meliz Cooks.
Meliz Cooks is loved for its easy-to-follow recipes, addictive combinations of flavours and spices, and for highlighting the mixture of beautiful cuisines evident in Cyprus. Her recipes have featured in Co-op Food and Asda Good Living Magazine, as well as for Good Homes and the Guardian.
Flavour-packed recipes celebrate the rich diversity of Cypriot cuisine * Sainsbury's Magazine *
On of the best of this year's food books 2022 -- Leyla Kazim * BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme *
Home cook @MelizCooks (93k Instagram) shares simple, vibrant meals that bring big Turkish-Cypriot flavours to the kitchen every day.