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  • Braised lamb and lentil stew with parsley on flatbread, beside a colorful manuscript illustration of a robed figure at a feast

    The Real King Midas’s Feast: Reconstructed Lamb Stew from a 2,700 Year Old Tomb

  • Creamy white drink topped with cinnamon powder in a cup with saucer, beside a hand-colored engraving of two figures drinking from bowls

    Saloop (Salep): The Drink That Ruled London’s Streets Before Coffee and Tea, and Why You’ve Never Heard of It

  • Cooked meat pieces with dried fruit and nuts on a decorated white plate

    Mutancana Recipe: The Favorite Dish of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror

  • Golden-brown cheesecake on blue plate, topped with sesame seeds and fresh mint

    Cheesecake Recipe from the Byzantine Empire

  • Poached eggs with dill and paprika oil on blue patterned plate with toasted bread

    Çılbır Recipe: From Ottoman Palaces to Modern Turkish Comfort Food

  • Flatbread slices topped with cubed apples and nuts on dark plate

    Baked Apple-Honey-Walnut Hittite Flatbread

  • Sesame-covered pastelli bar drizzled with honey, placed on a mosaic portrait of a crowned figure

    Byzantine Recipe: Pastelli – Honey Sesame Energy Bars

  • Large mosque with central dome, four minarets, red-orange brick walls, surrounded by autumn trees

    Ottoman Empire Cuisine: Mahmudiye Recipe

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