For Işın, the dish brings back memories of her mother-in-law and uncle-in-law, who helped her…

Wherever dolma travelled, it adapted to local climates, crops and culture. What remained constant, however,…

As the empire expanded between the 18th and 20th Centuries, dolma spread across borders, finding new…

Dolma – named after the Turkish verb dolmak, meaning "to fill" or "to stuff" – refers to…

This labour-intensive dish has crossed empires, borders and belief systems, becoming a shared language of…