Kurucu's Space This is my space, actually.

This Turkish (or let’s say ‘regional’) pizza-style dish is absolutely delicious. It varies a little from country to country, but is almost always served fresh and cheaply as fast food or in restaurants alike.

This time, seen on the bottom of a box of magnetic chess: Warning: This toy contains magnets or magnetic components. Magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metallic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury. Seek immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed or inhaled. Woah! First off, ‘magnets sticking [...]

I was browsing through a ‘four ingredient’ recipe book when I stumbled upon Meatloaf. I’ve tried to make this before, but ended up with a cake of hard and dry (ruined!) minced beef. Stereotypes tell me that everyone in America loves meatloaf, so I couldn’t help but assume that I had got it very wrong [...]

The following recipe is something I made up while wanting to cook duck the ‘nice way’, but not wanting to steep it in a vat of its own grease overnight. So, I had a play with some French ideas and tried the following. It turned out very well so I thought I’d share it here [...]

The French are legendary for their bureaucracy, and they are proud of it. Questioned about it, they will slyly deny it but with that look in their eye like a cheeky child who took a cookie without asking. It’s a national institution and, in a wholly un-metaphorical way, it is one that employs vast numbers [...]