Elif Akyol 
July 2010, Istanbul
A freelance journalist and interpreter, world traveler, food lover…
Married to a wonderful man, daughter to amazing parents, sister to two unbelievably great siblings…
Friend to a number of beautiful people…
You can email me on elif.akyol@ottomancuisine.com if you have any questions regarding the recipes posted on this blog, for any recipe requests, general advice on Turkish food and traveling to Turkey or just for kicks. I’ll do my best to reply your emails.
You can follow me @ElifOzkaraAkyol on twitter.









Wonderful site! Hope to see more recipes coming up
All the pictures look very tantalizing. I hope I will start to try making some.
Thank You and keep on writing
Ummu Fatih,
. It’s great having readers like you. Please let me know about the outcome once you get to try the recipes. Thank you and keep in touch. Cheers.
Thank you sister
Elif
Great blog. I love Ottoman cuisine and I love Turkey.
Thanks a lot. Have you visited Turkey recently?
Great blog! I live in LA and this is just what I was looking for!!
Thanks.
Thanks a lot Selin. Cheers.
wonderfull site, a perfect guide allowing me to convince my friends this is THE PERFECT way of treating food !
really great full.
Mia
Thanks a lot Mia. I’m so glad to have readers like yourself. Cheers.
I’ve been absent for a while, but now I mebemrer why I used to love this site. Thanks , I will try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your web site?
Banshilal, thank you. Well, at times I get a bit lazy with the website, but I try to post at least once every two weeks. You can subscribe via email, facebook or twitter and receive notifications of new posts if you like. Please check out the right frame for twitter, facebook and email subscription links.
Love your Blog….my husband is from Turkey but he’s lived in Canada with me for 25 years and I love Turkish food….Great recipes.
Hi, Thanks a lot. Where abouts is your husband from in Turkey?
This blog has inspired me to start working on my own blog
Just back from my first visit to Istanbul. Came across your blog while searching for Ottoman recipes. Thanks for such a lovely site.
Thanks a lot for your nice words. Do you have a favorite Turkish dish?
this is so beautiful i have to congratulate you for this.
Thanks Aureliana
Elif Hanım, you are a great cook. Thank you for promoting our magnificent cuisine.
Elinize sağlık, sofranıza bereket dilerim…
Cok tesekkur ederim, teveccuhunuz. Mutfagimiz cok guzel, ben de elimden geldigince bu mirastan faydalanmaya calisiyorum.
I love this site! Hope to see more recipes soon. Much love to you, from once Ottoman ground, Serbia.
I forgot to ask earlier, could you please add in recipes for Ottoman beverages, like Serbet or any other home made drink? That would be lovely.
Hello Güzel Kız
, many thanks for the nice words. Recipes of sherbets are already a part of the action plan of this site, Gelincik (poppy flower), Gül (rose), Demirhindi (tamarind) are some examples. Those are mostly summer specialties, especially tamarind with its cooling properties. Coming soon… On Ottoman Cuisine
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Lots of love from Istanbul to Serbia.