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Turkish Delight (other)
Turkish delight is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Turkish delight or Turkish Delight may also refer to: Entertainment * ''Turkish Delight'' (1927 film) * A chapter in the book '' The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'' by C. S. Lewis * ''Turkish Delight'' (1973 film), a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven ** ''Turks Fruit'' (novel), by Jan Wolkers, on which the film is based * ''Turkish Delight'', a 1973 television drama written by Caryl Churchill Food * Fry's Turkish Delight Fry's Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar made by Cadbury. It was launched in the UK in 1914 by the Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer J. S. Fry & Sons and consists of a rose-flavoured Turkish delight surrounded by milk chocolate. The Fry's id ..., a chocolate sweet made by Cadbury * A beverage made from salep orchid tuber flour, popular mainly in Turkey Nicknames * Despina Storch (1895–1918), a Turkish spy in World War I * Turhan Bey (1922–2012), an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Delight
Turkish delight or lokum ( ota, لوقوم) is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios, hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; traditional varieties are often flavored with rosewater, mastic gum, bergamot orange, or lemon. The confection is often packaged and eaten in small cubes dusted with icing sugar, copra, or powdered cream of tartar to prevent clinging. Other common flavors include cinnamon and mint. In the production process, soapwort may be used as an emulsifying additive. The origin of Turkish delight is not precisely known, but the confection is known to have been produced in Turkey and Iran (Persia) as early as the late 18th century. History The exact origin of these sweets is yet to be definitively determined; however, the Turkish word comes from the Arabic . In the Arab world, Turkish delights are called () which means 'throat comfort'. According to the company, Bek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Delight (1927 Film)
''Turkish Delight'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Sloane for DeMille Pictures Corporation. It stars Julia Faye, in her first top-billed performance, and Rudolph Schildkraut. Cast *Julia Faye as Zelma *Rudolph Schildkraut as Abdul Hassan *Kenneth Thomson as Donald Sims *Louis Natheaux as Achmet Ali *May Robson as Tsakran * Harry Allen as Scotty * Toby Claude as Nassarah Preservation A complete 16 mm print of the film exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv .... Stills File:Turkish Delight Still 01.jpg, alt= File:Turkish Delight Still 02.jpg, alt= References External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films Producers Distributing Corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956). Among all the author's books, it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was originally the first of ''The Chronicles of Narnia'', it is volume two in recent editions that are sequenced by the stories' chronology. Like the other ''Chronicles'', it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions. Most of the novel is set in Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that is ruled by the evil White Witch. In the frame story, four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. The youngest, Lucy, visits Narnia three times via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. Lucy's three siblings are with her on her third visit to Narnia. In Narnia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Delight (1973 Film)
''Turkish Delight'' ( nl, Turks fruit) is a 1973 Dutch erotic romantic drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Gerard Soeteman, based on the 1969 novel '' Turks Fruit'' by Jan Wolkers. It is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer in his film debut and Monique van de Ven. ''Turkish Delight'' is the most successful film in the history of Dutch cinema. The film was a massive success at the Dutch box office; according to Alle Record, 3,338,000 people saw the film, while the Netherlands Film Festival puts it at 3.5 million,Turks-fruit on the official website of the , in Dutch. Accessed 4 April 2016. corresponding to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turks Fruit (novel)
''Turks Fruit'' is a Dutch novel written by Jan Wolkers in 1969. Wolkers based the character Olga on his second wife Annemarie Nauta, his third wife Karina Gnirrep and photographer and poet Ida Sipora. In 2017, Sam Garrett published an English translation of the novel titled ''Turkish Delight''. Plot summary ''Turks Fruit'' begins with the unnamed lead character, a sculptor, lying on his bed and thinking about Olga, who has left him. He first met her when he was hitchhiking and she picked him up and succumbed to his charms. When they started driving again, they were in a non-lethal car crash. Two months later they met again and married. The sculptor describes her father and mother. Her father was a fat, funny man. He repeats the same jokes time after time. Her mother is her father's complete opposite. The sculptor hates her, and she hates him. She wants to destroy the relationship between him and Olga. She is the reason Olga's father died. He was on a diet, but she secretly fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryl Churchill
Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.Caryl Churchill profile ''Encyclopædia Britannica''; accessed 26 January 2018. Celebrated for works such as '' Cloud 9'' (1979), '''' (1982), '''' (1987), '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fry's Turkish Delight
Fry's Turkish Delight is a chocolate bar made by Cadbury. It was launched in the UK in 1914 by the Bristol-based chocolate manufacturer J. S. Fry & Sons and consists of a rose-flavoured Turkish delight surrounded by milk chocolate. The Fry's identity remained in use after Fry & Sons merged with Cadbury in 1919. In Australia and New Zealand, the range of "Turkish" products released by Cadbury has expanded to include mini-Easter eggs, ice cream, sectioned family block chocolate bars, and small versions used in boxed chocolates. In Ireland, Cadbury also manufacture the Dairy Milk Turkish, using Cadburys Dairy Milk chocolate instead with a slightly different Turkish centre, in the familiar block bar form. As of August 2010, production of Fry's Turkish Delight (along with other products such as Fry's Chocolate Cream, Crunchie etc.) for the UK market is based in Poland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salep
Salep, also spelled sahlep or sahlab,( tr, salep, sahlep; fa, ثعلب, ; ar, سحلب, ; al, salep; az, səhləb; he, סַחְלָבּ, ; el, σαλέπι, ; Serbian language, Serbian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Bosnian language, Bosnian: салеп, ''salep'') is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus ''Orchis'' (including species ''Orchis mascula'' and ''Orchis militaris''). These tubers contain a nutritious, starchy polysaccharide called glucomannan. Salep flour is consumed in beverages and desserts, especially in the Ottoman cuisine, cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire, notably in Levantine cuisine, the Levant where it is a traditional winter beverage. An increase in consumption is causing local extinctions of orchids in parts of Turkey and Iran. Etymology The word "salep" comes from ar, سَحْلَب (). In the mid 18th century: from French, from Turkish , from ar, ثَعْلَب, ﭐلثَعْلَب, ar=ṯa‘lab, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despina Storch
Despina Storch or Despina Davidovitch Storch (1894 or 1895 – March 30, 1918) was an Ottoman Greek woman who was alleged to be a spy for Germany and the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Storch was later immortalized as "Turkish Delight", "Turkish beauty", and a "modern Cleopatra" in spy literature. Early life and travels Born in Istanbul to a Phanariote Greek family, Despina married Frenchman Paul Storch when she was 17 years old. Though they later divorced, their former marriage created a peculiar situation due to Paul's service in the French army while his ex-wife was suspected of spying for France's enemies. Several factors led American authorities to suspect that Madame Storch was a spy. She traveled the capitals of the world frequently changing her name: "In Paris, for instance, she was known as Madame Nezie; in Madrid and London as Madame Hesketh; in Rome as Madame Davidovitch; at the New York Biltmore, in New York, as Madame Despina, and at the Shoreham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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