They create Turkish meals (her recipes) brimming with wild vegetables and herbs (his finds), as Violet perches on the countertop, dropping ingredients into the food processor.
When it came to food, we always negotiated our different influences, acknowledging the tension between the traditional Turkish meals my parents were raised with, and the British food that surrounded us in the UK.
WHERE TO STAY AND EAT River Dance Lodge (208-765-0841; www.riverdancelonge.com), on Route 12, has new cabins with hot tubs and a chef who serves Turkish meals, among other offerings, on the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River.
At the end two meals are laid out: one a formal dinner and the other a chaotic Turkish family meal.
After a meal in a Turkish cafe they went back to Walgate's room in a shared house in Golder's Green, North West London.
Shish, a restaurant that specializes in Turkish food, is offering free meals to the homeless and elderly on Christmas.
The Turkish government gives out two meals a day, but the United Nations High Council on Refugees does nothing beyond providing some of the tarps.
You can have a satisfying meal from the standard Turkish menu, though the Iskender kebab reaches nowhere near the Kervan level and the ezme is spicier than Kervan's without being nearly as rich or subtle.
Besides musical Wat and Juliette, there's the concierge, Sabine L'Hoste, who paints and gardens; Nese Pelt, the blue-eyed Turkish chef who creates simple gourmet meals by instinct; and guest instructor Ron Arthaud, a quiet, kind and talented realist painter.
To round out the meal, I served these fragrant Turkish kebabs with a rice pilaf, just-wilted young spinach and a bright herb-laden yogurt sauce.
