Cuisine

Supermarket chain Lidl has apologized for airbrushing Christian crosses out of images of the Greek island of Santorini on some of its food packaging, after being hit by criticism on social media.

Holidays in Greece consist of various activities – sightseeing, touring, visiting museums and archaeological sites – and as a result you are bound to get hungry in between meals and may want to keep in mind of the nutritious, yet delicious, quick snacks available, or simply because you wish to satisfy your appetite.

Pistachio is a passion for the people of Gaziantep, and the city is surely Turkey's capital of pistachios where most dishes, either savory or sweet, take their generous share of the greenest nut. The end of the summer is the period when pistachio pickers constantly check the groves for the ideal harvest time.

A weeklong Turkish Food festival has begun on in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.      
  
The food festival, organized by a local five-star hotel in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, was inaugurated by Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Sadık Babür Girgin.

One of the most persistent memories we have is of the aroma and taste of home cooked food. The warmth, the sense of security and intimacy associated with home cooked food are universal experiences.

An organic compote project that made it to the finals on a show on the state-run TRT called "Do you have an idea?" has caused commotion in the last couple of days.

If you are a foreigner in Turkey and used Twitter in the last couple of days, you were probably puzzled over the frenzy of the hashtag "organikhosaf." Let me try to explain it. 

There was a moment when there was confusion, or better to say disagreement. 

Some 65 people have been charged in connection with peddling horse meat unfit for human consumption, according to the European police agency Europol, quoted by bTV. 

The famous Oscar-winning English actress, Emma Thomson, visited the beautiful island of Santorini with her daughter for the first time. She was probbaly looking forward to exploring some of the breathtaking vistas the island is famous for,as she has visietd Greece before, but what she did not expect was to be impressed with the island’s flavours and the traditional dishes.