Though comprised of little more than milk, eggs, sugar, leftover bread and a bit of jam, it holds its own as easily at a silver-and-crystal-laden gala as in the kitchen on Sunday night.

WSJ: Nostalgic for Nursery Pudding

Get into the local swing of things and load your breakfast plate with tangy sheep's-milk cheese, plump olives, flavourful tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, home-made jam and freshly-baked crusty white bread or simit (a sesame-encrusted bread ring).

BBC: A perfect day in Istanbul