Introduction: Land and its people -- Regional cooking -- Holidays and festivals -- Before you begin: Careful cook -- Cooking utensils -- Cooking terms -- Special ingredients -- Healthy and low-fat cooking tips -- Metric conversions chart -- Turkish table: Turkish menu -- Appetizers: Meat pizza -- Zucchini fritters -- Spinach-filled Anatolian flat bread -- Soups and side dishes: Red lentil soup -- Shredded wheat soup with tomatoes -- Green beans with minced meat -- Main dishes: Chicken with rice, tomatoes, peppers, and tarragon -- Dumplings with yogurt -- Lamb kebabs with tomatoes, peppers, and onions -- Eggplant with onion and tomatoes -- Desserts: Baklava -- Burnt rice pudding -- Almond cream -- Turkish delight -- Holiday and festival food: Flat bread with Niella seeds -- Noah's dessert -- Baked meat and cheese pie.