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  • The meal did not disappoint: plump tomato slices and seasoned cucumbers, rich olives, a basket full of warm flat bread and baguettes, three salty cheeses - one fried, and tiny ramekins of pekmez (grape molasses) and tahin (lightly roasted sesame paste), which is the more flavorful cousin of peanut butter and jelly.

    Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS) Anne Peterson 2011

  • Page Summary bunchberry: (no subject) [+2] pekmez: (no subject) [+3] melted_snowball: (no subject) [+1]

    That and this chezmax 2010

  • And ripe grapes are cooked down to a thick, sweet-tart, aromatic syrup Roman sapa, Italian saba or mosto cotto, Turkish pekmez, Arab dibs.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • And ripe grapes are cooked down to a thick, sweet-tart, aromatic syrup Roman sapa, Italian saba or mosto cotto, Turkish pekmez, Arab dibs.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The meal did not disappoint: plump tomato slices and seasoned cucumbers, rich olives, a basket full of warm flat bread and baguettes, three salty cheeses - one fried, and tiny ramekins of pekmez (grape molasses) and tahin (lightly roasted sesame paste), which is the more flavorful cousin of peanut butter and jelly.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Anne Peterson 2011

  • The knowledgeable store manager, Mehmet Eraslan, said they bring products from regions that genuinely and historically specialize in them, including white beans and tulum cheese from Erzincan; chickpeas from Isparta; tomato paste and pistachio nuts from Gaziantep; mulberry and pekmez (a syrupy, molasses-like jam made from grape, fig or mulberry) from Elazığ; walnuts and dried grapes from Kahramanmaraş; black olives from Bursa's Gemlik district; and green olives from Balıkesir's Ayvalık district.

    Hurriyet Dailynews 2010

  • Hacı Bekir's descendants believe that the first recipe for Turkish delight was based on a sweetmeat that has traditionally been made since the 15th century using honey and grape molasses (pekmez) as sweeteners and flour and water as a binding agent.

    Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Dail News 2009

  • I left them and spent much time wandering around (pekmez!

    Saturday, Philly boutell 2007

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