Tag Archives: Poğaça

The Karagöz puppets help me to learn the “easy button” for Turkish-American dinnertime


As you may recall, these days, I can only type with my right hand due to a rotator cuff injury in my left shoulder. That means no food prep that involves chopping, for one…and tonight, well, I just wanted to … Continue reading

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Peynirli Poğaça: Karagöz urges me to get baking and forget academia


Those puppets, well, they are at it again. They are always nattering on and on, sometimes up to no good, sometimes up to good, scheming with the best of intentions and the worst at times – and discussing things that … Continue reading

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