food comparison

The seasoned meatball is one of the most universal foods on earth, appearing in almost every cuisine under a different name: the meatball of the West, the kofta of the Middle East and India, the kibbeh of the…

Borek belongs to one of the largest pastry families in the world.

The filled bread is one of the oldest and most widespread foods of the world, and the Turkish pide belongs to a large family of relatives.

The thin flatbread with a meat topping is not unique to Turkey.

Dumplings are the common food of half the world, from the ravioli of Italy to the jiaozi of China, and the Turkish manti belong to that enormous family.

Turkish restaurants around the world serve dishes that look like relatives of Iskender kebab: shawarma wraps in the Middle East, gyros in Greece, and the countless döner shops of European cities.

The vertical spit is one of the great ideas of world cooking, and it has produced a family of dishes that spans the globe: the doner of Turkey, the gyros of Greece, the shawarma of the Arab world, and the al…

Simit belongs to a worldwide family of ring-shaped breads that includes the bagel of New York, the pretzel of Germany, the bublik of Ukraine, and the ka’ak of the Levant.

Menemen belongs to a worldwide family of dishes built on eggs and tomatoes, from the shakshuka of North Africa to the huevos rancheros of Mexico and the humble scrambled egg of the Western breakfast.

Turkish delight is known around the world, yet the sweet sold abroad under that name is often a poor cousin of the real thing.

Baklava is one of the most traveled desserts in the world, and every country it has touched has made it its own.

Walk down almost any street in Europe, the Middle East, or North America and you will find something calling itself kebab.