The Turkish word “simit” has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), prompting celebrations on social media as well as calls for a new emoji to represent the circular-shaped bread. The OED, in ...

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It’s round, it’s doughy, but it’s not a bagel. That’s the New York verdict on the simit, a seasame seed crusted bread popular in Turkey that’s masquerading itself as a version of the city’s breakfast ...

The simit tastes pretty good, but is it actually a bagel? Above: the whole-wheat simit A neophyte chain called Simit + Smith has introduced a new sort of bagel to the Upper West Side. In Turkey, it’s ...

This traditional Turkish sesame ring is delicious warm with haydari (which means strained yoghurt) or simply served with butter and feta. I love to eat it as part of a breakfast spread. It's the ...

Here’s how to approach Simit + Smith’s “Turkish bagel”: Take a bite and call it what it really is — a simit, the sesame seed-studded round beloved anyplace the Ottoman Empire once ruled. Instead of a ...

No need to catch a plane. Drive north of the airport to Roxburgh Park instead to find this sesame-studded bread.

The ritual of kahvaltı — or breakfast, as you might know it — in Turkey revolves around sharing an abundant spread of dishes. From menemen, a comforting mix of scrambled eggs and tomatoes, to sucuk, a ...

I’ve never been a breakfast person. As a child, my parents would have to bribe me to eat a piece of toast before school, in college I subscribed to the coffee on an empty stomach diet. As an adult, I ...