Here's how the Turkish city of Gaziantep became synonymous with baklava, the sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with nuts and soaked in syrup or honey.

In modern baklava, the dough is thinned out to the maximum degree, a process that requires intense care and training, and then stacked in 10 layers, thereby achieving its distinctive texture.

In a city known for its pistachio baklava, a pastry heavyweight turned his family's restaurant into a charity kitchen and shelter after the catastrophic Feb. 6 earthquake.

Making baklava is a long process that takes a couple of days. Good things cannot be rushed. Obviously, you need to gather ingredients first. I purchase pecans at the store and use a food processor ...

Cafe Dolce in Solvang is offering Lebanese baklava as an option for other treats sold in the Danish town. The owner says it may be a unique change from chocolates.

Baklava is the pecan pie of the Mediterranean: sweet, crunchy, nutty and hard to resist. It tastes like honey, butter and cinnamon. In other words, it tastes like heaven.

Ingredients for the pistachio crust: 1 ½ cups crushed pistachios ; 1 cup graham cracker crumbs ; 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted; 2 tbsp honey ; Ingredients for the cheesecake filling: ...

One of the organizers for the baklava fundraiser, Lisa Saka (left), and volunteer Sanaa Mati, owner of Sanaa's Sweets, at the Salt City Test Kitchen on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Katerina Georgallas, a Silver Spring resident and Greek-American, didn't like baklava. Until she started experimenting with inventive flavors. Now she sells the Greek treat (among other sweets ...

With its honey-sweetened flaky layer upon flaky layer of phyllo dough, Baklava is a signature recipe of Greece and Slavic cultures. Walnuts and other nuts are very finely chopped and ...

The first (and only) time I made baklava, I was in college and was trying desperately to recreate the dessert I had tried in Amman, Jordan, but options were ... limited. For starters, I bought the ...