Turkish food and black and white cookies?
I'm an NYC hound, and a friend visited me from College Park, MD this weekend. He claimed that there's no good Turkish food in the area and that black and white cookies are unavailable, but I don't believe it, at least not where Turkish food is concerned.
So please help me teach him a little about this own backyard. Bonus points for places in either category that are close to College Park.
platypus
Jul 16, 2007 11:19AM
Sorry no close to college park so I will have to forego brownie points, but the baker in the Eastern Market has black and white cookies and is right outside of the hall where they used to be, as does Wegman's in VA (so probably other locations, as well).
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Plus Starbucks has black and white cookies (not that I think these are the best just saying so you could bet your friend they are findable) so really now they are pretty global.
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I would search on this board for black and white cookies (which I call 1/2 moons). A few months ago there was a whole long discussion on this topic where a ton of places were names.
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Here you go: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/387638
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I grew up on black and white cookies and can't imagine what the fuss is. Hardly worth searching for.
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Thanks for all the suggestions and links to other suggestions for b&ws. How about Turkish?
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http://www.chowhound.com/topics/391690
I don't know of any Turkish food in or around College Park. It's all a bit of a drive.
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If your friend is Turkish, trust him! I lived there four years, and since have tried "Turkish," "Middle Eastrn," "Greek" and "Baltic" restaurants from the Atlantic to the Pacific (they're all variations on classic Byzantine cuisine), and as far as I've been able to tell, there are no good Turkish restaurants in the United States! I don't know what the problem is, but your friend is right.
However...! If you really do want to deflate his complaints, there are some excellent Turkish cookbooks, and lots of good-to-great Turkish recipes on the web. Cook for him yourself! Just always keep in mind when making anything with phyllo dough, butter every sheet of phyllo lavishly, no matter what the recipe says. It's what makes the finished dish crispy instead of soggy. Maybe you can talk your friend into helping with the cooking? Have a nice bottle of Turkish wine on hand to help get things rollng. Enjoy!
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Levantes in Bethesda is good Turkish food(IMHO). I'm not Turkish, but heard about it from Turkish friends.
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