Meliz Berg in kitchen

Meliz Berg

Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer and food content creator. Inspired by her Turkish-Cypriot heritage, and experience of growing up in a household that combined both traditional Cypriot and London living, she created the blog and instagram page Meliz Cooks. Meliz studied Music at Masters Level, taught it at secondary school for eight years, then started a recipe blog after the birth of her first child, documenting the traditional Cypriot dishes that she was introducing to him. After taking a break from teaching, Meliz decided to pursue her passion for food and the blog progressed into a very successful Meliz Cooks Instagram page, where her recipes are cooked and shared by her followers from all over the world. Meliz has gained a supportive following due to her easy-to-follow recipes, addictive combinations of flavours and spices, sympathetically highlighting the melting-pot of beautiful cuisines from across the Mediterranean, Balkans and Middle East evident in Cyprus, and her dazzling, colourful displays of food.

Close-up of farmer holding wooden basket with heap of fresh ripe oranges from field harvest

Europe

Cypriot food: how to cook like a local

Plate filled with grilled meat patties, sliced tomato and flatbread

Meat and poultry

Grilled kofte (izgara köfte)

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Halloumi and black olive cake on a white plate, sliced into wedges

Vegetarian

Halloumi and black olive cake

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White bowl filled with roasted veg and green herbs on a marble background

Vegan

Türlü (roasted vegetable stew)

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