Betül Tunç

Turkuaz Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Dough Recipes for Sweet and Savory Bakes: A Baking Book

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Betül Tunç

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her first cookbook, social media star and baker Betül Tunç of Turkuaz Kitchen shares 85 recipes for sweet and savory doughs and the dishes to make with them.
Betül Tunç's love affair with dough began when she was just eight years old in Erzurum, a city nestled in northeastern Turkey known for its long and snowy winters. During the dark, frosty days, she found solace baking Turkish breads and desserts with her mother and sisters.
Betül's enthusiasm for baking, especially for creating sweet and savory doughs from scratch, followed her through her eventual move to the U.S. and the expansion of her family. While searching for a creative outlet to share her cooking in her new home, Betül began creating vintage-style videos on Instagram, garnering an audience that grew rapidly with each personal post she shared.
In Turkuaz Kitchen, her first cookbook, Betül shares eighty-five recipes for sweet and savory doughs and the dishes to make with them. With inspiration from traditional Turkish recipes, as well as recipes she discovered in her travels, Turkuaz Kitchen is a treasure trove of recipes for:
• Basic Doughs: such as bagels, pita, ciabatta, and pizza dough
• Enriched Doughs : such as croissants, cardamom buns, buttermilk dinner rolls, and burger buns
• Quick Breads and Short Doughs : such as pie and tart dough, scones, biscuits, and biscotti
• Unleavened Doughs: such as pastas, noodles, and dumplings
• Doughs from Turkey : such as Turkish style phyllo, Turkish Pistachio Baklava, Spinach Triangle Borek, and Grandma's Lavash
Cooking for loved ones has always been one of Betül's greatest joys. With warm, achievable, and inspiring recipes for cooks of all skill levels, Turkuaz Kitchen invites readers into the kitchen to create their own food memories with those they cherish most. Read more

Editor's Take

Amazon reviewer and Goodreads readers generally describe Turkuaz Kitchen as a beautiful, inspiring baking book with strong photography and a clear focus on dough-based recipes. Goodreads reviews mention that it includes a mix of sweet and savory doughs, with some readers especially liking the Turkish-inspired section, while others feel much of the book covers familiar baking territory. A separate cookbook review site praises it as a heartfelt, useful addition for bakers who enjoy making bread and pastries from scratch. Library Journal also covers the book as a substantial baking title centered on 75-85 dough recipes from Betül Tunç.

For YouTube, search results showed real videos from the Turkuaz Kitchen channel, but they were general recipe videos rather than clear review, unboxing, or dedicated demo videos about this specific cookbook. Because no actual YouTube review/unboxing result for this exact product was found in the returned search results, the YouTube ID list is empty.

  • Common praise: attractive design, helpful recipes, and a good mix of everyday bakes and Turkish-inspired doughs.
  • Common criticism: some readers feel parts of the book are more familiar or less novel than expected.
  • Overall sentiment: positive, especially for bakers interested in breads, pastries, and Turkish flavors.

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Publisher Ten Speed Press
Publication date November 5, 2024
Language English
Print length 288 pages
ISBN-10 1984862227
ISBN-13 978-1984862228
Item Weight 2.31 pounds
Dimensions 8.29 x 0.98 x 10.3 inches
Best Sellers Rank #17,291 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Turkish Cooking, Food & Wine #7 in Pastry Baking (Books) #23 in Biscuit, Muffin & Scone Baking
Customer Reviews 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (2,044)