Similarities may exist because the Ottoman Empire also ruled over the Greeks (we have a lot of that left in our gastronomic heritage). With the exception of their typical pita bread, I didn't get an opportunity to eat it, but because tahini is one of my favorite sauces and toppings, I have no concerns about the taste.
-Recently I found a book with over 200 bread recipes all over the globe, and I must tell that base is always the same no matter from where it comes, let's say bread is something common to all of us.
Will people soon start to appreciate food as it was in the past - not yet, we still have it plenty, but give it a time, we are heading backwards when it comes about food growing. Personally and fingers crossed I'm done with buying most of it as soon as the Spring knock the doors and hopefully in the future.
Food isn't just the fuel we need, it's much more, but nowdays when life runs so fast we don't give much importance to it.
Figs!
(mine favorite fruit, we planted two recently)
Once again, you are most welcome. :)
That is so interesting yes. Bread, the most basic version of it, flour water yeast salt, seems to be a universal thing. Wait, even without the yeast. It seems common to us all in every tradition to grind down some form of seed/grain and make a bread from it. I have always seen bread as basically one type of dough with variables in water and salt and oils (and other things of course). The difference, for example, between ciabatta and a "normal loaf" is basically just the hydration levels and the shaping technique.
It is so interesting to read about the different cultural influences. Our influences in South Africa are a bit more complicated but it made for some awesome dishes!
That is so true, most people today still eat very traditional food. But the shift is turning back towards homemade food, I think. At least where I live prices have increased so much on basic food sources that even fast food chains are getting expensive.
I hope for the day when cooking food becomes part of society or family norms again; food has played such an important role in our lives, like you said, and we are systematically relegating it to big corporate that does not have our best interest and health in mind.