The grain salad kisir, from southeast Turkey (Hatay, Gaziantep, and Adiyaman provinces) is similar to tabbouli. Both begin with fine bulgur. But where tabbouli is mixed with herbs, olive oil, and ...

Turkish cuisine is a reflection of the country's unique position at the crossroads of East and West. Its largest city — Istanbul — straddles the European and Asian continents; as such, Turkish cooking ...

Often mistaken for plain cracked wheat, bulgur (or bulgur wheat) consists of wheat berries that have been steamed, dried and then cracked. This staple of Middle Eastern cuisine is nutty and chewy.

When I lived in the Middle East, I learned that tender tabbouleh salad and crunchy fried kibbeh, the celebrated Levantine croquette, share a key ingredient: bulgur. Since ancient times, bulgur has ...