Something tasty

So, tomorrow morning I'm heading off to Istanbul for a week. But before I go, I thought I'd leave you with your mouth watering. I'm learning to cook Turkish food. My friend is teaching me and we cook together every week. It's become quite a feat this summer because the kitchen can get a bit toasty, but it's been worth it to learn how to make my beloved Turkish culture's food. I'm coming home with some new skills.
So, after my cooking lesson, we had another friend over this week to taste the dolma (stuffed anything you want, basically...mine was stuffed peppers, eggplant, and zucchini) and let me know how authentic mine turned out. She was so ecstatic and assured me that my cooking was better than hers (sadly not a hard feat though), and that it was de-licious. I thought it could stand a few moderations. It didn't taste nearly as delicious as my neighbors dolma which is out of this world. But, it's a work in progress. My 'cooking teacher' is becoming a pro at fixing errors that she has never encountered before, than I tend to make when we cook. I don't do it on purpose, but bless her heart, if there is something I can do while she's not looking to cause a disruption to the recipe, all be it meaning well, I usually do... and then she has to figure out how to fix it. She dares not turn her back on me! She just laughs at me though because I tell her, these are necessary skills. I'm very likely to run into these very same situations when I'm making this on my own, so I need these problem solving skills! I think that she fully expects me to skype her every time that I make a Turkish dish...and I very well may need to!