I had arrived late at my hotel on the Aegean Coast of Turkey, about an hour from Izmir, and I was dismayed to find the first item on my itinerary for the next day was an 8 a.m. departure for breakfast ...

In some parts of the world, few foods inspire the near-religious devotion given to burek. The much-loved pastry, made from tissue-thin layers of filo dough and stuffed with fillings such as ground ...