The Brazilian açaí bowl earned top spot with humble Turkish simit following closely after as the most popular breakfast items around the world. Breakfast culture is one of the best ways to get to know ...

Turkish companies should focus on branding to export value-added products, the founder of a leading traditional Turkish food chain said on Saturday. "We managed that with simits,” the traditional ...

It’s round, it’s doughy, but it’s not a bagel. That’s the New York verdict on the simit, a seasame seed crusted bread popular in Turkey that’s masquerading itself as a version of the city’s breakfast ...

Like Turkey itself, the simit -- the round, sesame-encrusted bread ring that is a ubiquitous presence on the streets of Istanbul and most other Turkish cities -- is entertaining some very global ...

New York’s Times Square hosted a taste of Anatolia on Tuesday evening as Turkish simit and tea were handed out to visitors under the “Anadoludakiler” project, launched with the support of first lady ...

A neophyte chain called Simit + Smith has introduced a new sort of bagel to the Upper West Side. In Turkey, it’s known as a simit, but there are a half-dozen other names for it in the Middle East, ...

The Turkish word “simit” has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), prompting celebrations on social media as well as calls for a new emoji to represent the circular-shaped bread. The OED, in ...

The Turks and mighty proud of simit, a chewy, sesame-crusted, bagel-like bread ring. So much so that they’re apparently trying to take out an international patent to protect the traditional street ...

The simit tastes pretty good, but is it actually a bagel? Above: the whole-wheat simit A neophyte chain called Simit + Smith has introduced a new sort of bagel to the Upper West Side. In Turkey, it’s ...