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Omelette Arnold Bennett

08/04/2012 By
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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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Tiramisu

08/04/2012 By
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Luigi Afelba, more usually simply called “Gino” heads up the animated battery of chefs who cook your meal in front of you at the ‘La Boca’ Italian restaurant at the Columbia Plaza in St, Andrews Street Limassol. Gino loves nothing better than inventing or cooking a special dish, but masterminds the range of popular anti-pasti, […]

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Yakitori

08/04/2012 By
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Cooking Japanese at home…YAKITORI People do make Sushi at home – especially those who don’t trust restaurants to use the freshest ingredients. It is an absorbing process, and it is very well described in an excellent little volume called “The Book of Sushi”. (See picture) I bought my copy from Moufflon some time ago and […]

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Japanese Food – An Introduction

08/04/2012 By
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Years ago, when I was planning my first visit to Japan, my hosts informed me that in the week I would be there, Wednesday was a public holiday; what would I like to do?   Having boned up a bit on Japanese food through a wonderful TIME-LIFE book (“The Cooking of Japan”) I had noted that […]

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Cyprus Wine

08/04/2012 By
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Wine’s been around a long time in Cyprus, as you can note if you read our potted history. The tourist people like to romanticize about “6,000 Years of Wine History”, but this is only of help if you can drink well today. And you can. There are now more than 200 types and styles of […]

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The Wines of Cyprus in History

08/04/2012 By
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Part 1    The Greek Connection “The World is full of wonders, but nothing is more wonderful than man” Sophocles (c.496 – c.405 BC) The golden age of Greece saw some of the finest works of art, architecture and literature ever bestowed by one civilisation upon its successors.  It also elevated man to freedom — of […]

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