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Turkish Lokanta Culture: How to Order Like a Regular

An explainer on the Turkish lokanta, the everyday eating house behind the steam-table counter: what esnaf lokantasi means, how the tray system works, when to go, what to order, how paying and tipping work, and how to build the plate at home.

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Kuru Fasulye: Turkey's National Bean Stew (Recipe)

Kuru fasulye is the white bean stew many Turks would call the national dish. This lokanta-style recipe covers the overnight soak, the butter-and-pepper-paste base, meat/sucuk/vegan versions, and the classic fasulye-pilav-turşu...

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