Book review: Istanbul Cult Recipes

And this exotic love affair is well documented in Pomme Larmoyer's Istanbul Cult Recipes.

Part travel guide and part recipe book, this beautiful hardback will have you seriously considering a Turkish trip just to experience Istanbul's food, culture and place.

The mouth-watering recipes are accompanied by a list of recommendations of where to go and eat when in Istanbul.

There are even maps highlighting some of Pomme's favourite food destinations and profiles some of the city's best proprietors and chefs.

This book helps you to get a taste of Turkey with lively breakfasts and delectable plates of meze, shows you how to make breads, wraps and kebabs to rival those from one of the city's food cards, and create scrumptious sweets such as baklava and helva.

Of course, no book on Turkish cuisine would be complete without sakizli lokum - better known as Turkish delight.

Click HERE for the secret to making mastic Turkish delight with a perfect soft texture.