GAZIANTEP, Turkey — When visiting this historical southern Turkish city, it doesn't take long to discover its true passion: baklava. So much so that Gaziantep has become synonymous with the sweet ...

Gaziantep in Turkey is renowned as the baklava capital, famed for its centuries-old tradition and unique Antep pistachios that give its baklava a distinctive flavor and texture.

Each country finds its own way to get its sugar fix. The crackly burnished sugar on top of a pot of crème brûlée in France. The grainy buttery sugar of a slab of Scottish tablet. The caramelised, ...

Editor’s note: In our recent cooking demo showing 13-year old Sender Glasser making baklava in Yiddish, we wrote that “this dish isn’t part of his Eastern European heritage.” Reader Joseph-Kass ...