From the First Printed Cookbook Melceü’t-Tabbâhîn to the Present Day: A Vegan Menu Adaptation
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Solunoğlu,
A.
(ed.)
2026.
TOURGASTREC II.
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From past to present, the culinary cultures of societies have continuously evolved; although the contemporary use of traditional recipes has narrowed, they continue to contribute to cultural heritage as long as they are remembered. Cuisine is one of the most prominent domains through which societies reflect their cultural identities. The evaluation of historical sources plays a significant role in preserving this accumulated cultural knowledge. This study aims to adapt a vegan-oriented menu based on the recipes included in Melceü’t-Tabbâhîn, regarded as the first printed cookbook of Turkish cuisine and authored by Mehmed Kamil. The research was designed within a qualitative framework, and the document analysis method was employed. The original texts of the recipes were translated faithfully and converted into a standard recipe format. Within the scope of this study, a total of six recipes were prepared: ‘Nohut Çorbası (chickpea soup), Aside Yemeği (a traditional dish prepared with dried okra), Yalancı Balık Dolması (stuffed vegetables prepared as a fish alternative), Salatalık Taratoru (cucumber tarator), Badem Kurabiyesi (almond cookies), and Nar Hoşafı (pomegranate compote).’ This study is significant in demonstrating the applicability of recipes from the first printed Turkish cookbook to contemporary vegan dietary trends.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Ramazan Göral; Ali Solunoğlu; Ebru Arıcı- Orhan Batman- Gizem Kandemir Altunel- Şehnaz Demirkol- Kübra Kıymet Arslan- Feyza Altun- Mustafa Emre Şirin- Suat Arpacı- Y. Kemal Özekici- Furkan Dursun- Dilek Karakaş- Canan Semint- Serkan Semint- Nuriye Demir- Betül Şahin- Hasan Cinnioğlu- Aysun Gargacı Kınay- Mehtap Baykal Erdoğan- Evrim Karaca- Ezgi Erşahin- Şehnaz Demirkol- Ayhan Başçı- Semra Akar Şahingöz- Selva Atınç- Hale Özgit- Şerif Ahmet Demirdağ- Cihan Yılmaz- Meliha Sena Yıldırgan- Pelin Candar- Özel Kılıç- Duygu Kırmızıkuşak- Mehmet Koçak- Mustafa Demirel- Halit Sökmen- Ahmet Can Göksun- Duran Kuru- Ece Rua Gülal- Sağbetullah Meriç- Yusuf Ormankıran