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Tonight I made Mousaka. This is the third time I made this dish and this one came out best by far. The first time I followed a recipe but tonight I improvised. I can’t be happier with how it came out!

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First I used my eggplant-frying-substiute method - which is brushing eggplant […]

This is the picturesque city of Amasya, Turkey. We took this photo in July, 2005. There is a technique called “tilt-shifting” which produces this miniature effect. I believe it normally requires a special lens but I read a good tutorial about how to fake it using Photoshop. Our photos from Amasya proved to be perfect […]

I found an amazing Turkish food blog on eGullet yesterday. Bob is an American living in Turkey and writes about everything related to Turkish food with a little bit of culture mixed in. There are recipes, discussions about ingredients, food history, and Turkish culture. The photos are a fascinating snapshot into culintary life in Turkey […]

One thing I’m really going to miss when I leave my job is the incredible Wintergarden atrium. It was all but destroyed after 9/11 but they invested God knows how much money in rebuilding it - exactly the way it was before. I for one am thankful they did. There’s no better break from work […]

Here is a ridiculous thread/debate/attack over at Brooklynian which illustrates what is the complex social fabric of Park Slope, Brooklyn. If you have the time and/or patience to read through its 3 pages its really quite fascinating. Everything is covered from materialism, to financial envy, to racial issues.
http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31296