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I blame Saudi Arabia for most of my bad influences. I used to work for a Norwegian cement importer (1982-84) and a Turkish guy called Ahmet Kirozoglu was one of my favourite colleagues. His wife was a nutritionist, but in spite of that she cooked like a seductress. Is 10% of the story. And I do most of my own cooking.

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Turkish cooks are good!

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I just remembered - it was 40 years ago - that Ahmed's wife was a dietician, not a nutritionist. Apologies to the lady's memory 🙄

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What a pleasant surprise! I was only looking for a recipe for esme salad, and luckily Meze popped up as the first hit. Brilliant selection of recipes, backed by huge amounts of history, culture and everything else

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Thanks so much for your kind comment! Really glad to hear you like the background stories.

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It must be something to do with the fact that I am learning both Norwegian and Turkish. What are the chances?

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Wow, what are the chances indeed! What's brought together those two languages for you?

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