MAY TRAVEL FEATURE

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  From my travel files ……. A Tour of IRAN One morning in the early 1970s a slightly scruffy letter arrived in my public relations company in London. It was clearly a duplicated one, sent to a number of companies like ours – from the tourism attaché of the Iranian Embassy. The brief message enquired […]

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MEDITERRANEAN DIPS FOR SUMMER

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As I write the rain is spilling down and the wind almost blowing a gale, to the point where I am wondering how much further the neighbour’s silver birch tree can bend over.  But there must be some summer on the way sometime, so I thought I’d pick out some very good party or buffet/starter […]

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Omelette Arnold Bennett

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Recipe from “Patrick Skinner’s Cyprus Kitchen”, illustrated by Alyana Cazalet Allegedly the invention of novelist and long-time London "Evening Standard" theatre critic, Arnold Bennett, in the 1920’s, and to be found to this day on the menus of clubs and restaurants around Fleet Street. It is a splendidly rich and tasty concoction. Ingredients for 3-4 […]

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PASTA LOVELY PASTA — two classics for dinner

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  I like food I can identify when it’s put before me.  It seems to me that Italian cooks are as good as anybody at doing this.  And what a good sight a plate of well sauced pasta is. For the home cook it isn’t a daunting prospect either.  Seeking good classic, easy-to-cook recipes, I […]

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Recipe – Breaded Chicken Escalopes – and a Tomato Sauce to go with them and some Pasta

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You can buy these ready-breaded if you like, but bear in mind they cost more than the DIY variety and, frankly, don’t taste so good. Freshly made is best and they are always popular with family and friends. Ideal with pasta and tomato sauce (again, homemade triumphs by a mile over the store-made or bottled […]

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RECIPE – Roza’s Red Cabbage

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  In the 1950s I used to eat the most delicious red cabbage, along with a Wiener Schnitzel and sauté potatoes at a tiny restaurant in Greek Street, Soho, where the owner/cook was a rotund Austrian lady called Madame Maurer. With home-made apple strudel and coffee the bill came to less than ten Shillings (50 […]

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