Meliz's Kitchen

Sunshine flavours everyone will love Meliz's Kitchen is a celebration of the melting-pot of delicious spices and fresh flavours that make a Turkish-Cypriot kitchen.

In this book Meliz shares the best comforting recipes and her easy go-to meals for busy family life. Find inspiration in nine chapters of vibrant, nourishing cooking: Kahvalti (breakfast), Meze & Salata (dishes and salads to share), Ocak & Kizartma (traditional stove-top dishes), Firin (from the oven), Yahni (easy one-pots and slow-cooking), Kebab & Kofte (barbecue dishes and sides), Ekmek & Hamur Isi (bread and pastries) and Kek ve Tatlilar (crowd-pleasing cakes and puddings).

Recipes include: Spiced Scrambled Eggs One-tray Cypriot Breakfast Cypriot Pasta Bake Stuffed Vine Leaves Chicken Doner Kebabs Filo Meat Pies Moussaka Slow-roasted Lamb Casserole Flat Olive Crisp Breads Ricotta-filled Pastries and Tahini Carob Molasses Baklava.

With easy-to-follow steps and no special equipment needed, this book will bring sunshine to your kitchen and transport you to the brilliant blue Mediterranean sea.

Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer and food content creator. Inspired by her Turkish-Cypriot heritage, and experience of growing up in a household that combined both traditional Cypriot and London living, she created the blog and instagram page Meliz Cooks. Meliz Cooks is loved for its easy-to-follow recipes, addictive combinations of flavours and spices, and for highlighting the mixture of beautiful cuisines evident in Cyprus. Her recipes have featured in Co-op Food and Asda Good Living Magazine , as well as for Good Homes and the Guardian . Find her @melizcooks