Summer, Signed Copies, and Sandwich Cookies
Summer is in full swing in the Turkuaz Kitchen!
After my son’s school year finished, we had only a few weeks before our big summer trip was set to begin. This meant weeks full of work on my part, getting ahead with content with the hope to be able to fully enjoy family time come vacation. Navigating this busy time between my son’s summer camps and playdates, I’ve made a few recipes that I’m thrilled to share with you in the upcoming weeks! These dishes will be perfect for these hot summer days, with the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables hitting grocery stores and farmers markets—so be sure to keep an eye out on social media for delicious new items!
And to start off strong, last week I shared my new Double Chocolate Cheesecake with Fresh Cherry Sauce. It combines one of my favorite flavor pairings, the dreamy tastes of chocolate and cherry, with a series of divine elements that make for the ultimate rich, decadent dessert. Homemade Chocolate Sandwich Cookies compose the base beneath a silky chocolate cheesecake, topped with chocolate ganache, and then the literal cherry on top, the fresh black cherry sauce!
As promised, here is the content many of you have been waiting for—my homemade chocolate sandwich cookie recipe! The cookies were a huge hit with my son and his friends, receiving rave reviews in their side-by-side taste test with the store-bought classic. The cookies are delicious all on their own, of course, but also worked perfectly as a crust for the Double Chocolate Cheesecake recipe. You’ll find these cookies crisp, chocolatey, and the perfect level of salty and sweet. Feel free to use them as a pie crust base, crushed up in ice cream, or eat after being dipped in milk!
We finally hit the end of the cookbook editing process and everything is moving along splendidly, speeding towards the November release date. The most recent update is an exciting one! We have partnered with Malaprop’s Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina, to host and ship signed copies of the book. I will be heading down there in the coming months, once the first prints are completed, to personally hand sign as many copies as I am able. This beautiful shop will then hand pack and ship them out for the release date, and they offer both national and international shipping options. Check the link out here to preorder your signed copy today.
And if you already ordered your copy, don’t worry! You’ll have a chance to have your book signed in-person during my book tour this Fall. Here’s a link to preorder unsigned copies, available at all major retailers. More information about dates and locations will be available in the coming months, so look out for more updates in the future!
Hi Betul, You are such a fantastic content creator! You fill a very deep need in me of wanting to watch gentle and beautiful art making in the kitchen that I never got to do in my life. Thank you for doing what you do. Your content has a resonance with my heart and seems to be aligned with who you are. I hope this is fun for you to do and despite all the tremendous work and effort it might take to do what you do, I hope you feel made more! Thank you for the cheesecake recipe. I hope that you will consider writing a book with vegetarian recipes only---but only if it feels true for you. I will buy as many copies that I can possibly afford to give to everyone I know! You are amazing, your work makes me come alive and it gives me hope. Thank you for putting out so much beauty into the world especially in this time. I will be ordering a copy of your book! Sending you lots of love from Canada 💛🫶🏽💛🫶🏽💛
You are so great..... we love your recepies.....and Is so good to see the love and the perfections in everything you dob