Gastrodili
A Turkish culinary notebook — slow, editorial recipe writing and gastronomy notes built for readers who cook, not for the algorithm.
Gastrodili reads as a slow notebook rather than a fast blog. The live site leads with “Türk mutfağından küçük notlar,” then carries recipes, a glossary, longform writing, search, and a monthly letter into one warm, editorial surface.
The problem
Recipe sites are mostly built for search engines: ad-stuffed, padded with backstory, and exhausting to actually cook from. Gastrodili needed to read like a notebook a cook returns to — calm, considered, and quick to scan at the stove.
What we built
A Turkish-first culinary site with an English edition, a recipe library with category filters, a gastronomy glossary, longform kitchen writing, full-text search, and a consent-based monthly newsletter, all wrapped in a slow, editorial brand that holds up across years of entries.
Outcome
The site reads as a publication rather than a content farm. The recipe archive and glossary carry organic search, and the monthly letter turns first-time readers into a returning audience.