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FOOD (and drink) FOR THE GODS – AND MERE MORTALS

17/10/2016 By
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  Detail of Dionysus and Ariadne seated in a vineyard. From a vase depicting the god and his retinue in the Museum of Modern Art, Toledo, Spain An Email from friends in Cyprus arrived this morning as I sat looking out of the window where I write. It described an evening at a local restaurant […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Food and Wine Writing, Memorable Meals

FOOD (and drink) FOR THE GODS – AND MERE MORTALS

20/10/2016 By
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  Detail of Dionysus and Ariadne seated in a vineyard. From a vase depicting the god and his retinue in the Museum of Modern Art, Toledo, Spain An Email from friends in Cyprus arrived this morning as I sat looking out of the window where I write. It described an evening at a local restaurant […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Memorable Meals, Recipes

FOOD WRITING–and ONE OF THE GREAT FOOD WRITERS

02/12/2016 By
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There are probably more people writing about food than ever before. What they write is better illustrated, more fact-filled and better presented than in times past. But for me, there’s just too much of it that’s not very good. As a music lover can recognise Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms after hearing a few bars, so […]

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FRANCE IS GREAT… What, again?

29/01/2017 By
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     Inspired by my recent purchase of a big book of French recipes called “SIMPLISSIME”, I have been (figuratively speaking) wearing my big French Toque on a daily basis. Aspects of France – and the French – may annoy us, but it has to be generally agreed that they are very good at the cooking. […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Food and Wine Writing, Mediterranean Recipes

FROM DUBAI TO PHILADELPHIA….CYPRUS FOOD IS “IN”

30/03/2015 By
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  This issue of “Cyprus Gourmet”  was  published on Wednesday April 1st.  No fooling! Many of my readers will remember John Wood from his days as general manager of the Le Meridien Hotel, Limassol. That was when he and I crossed paths quite frequently: wine tastings, the annual Beaujolais Nouveau bash (I thought Le Meridien’s […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Mediterranean Recipes, The Cyprus Gourmet, Weekly Edition Published in Cyprus Tagged With:

Full House for “Chief’s” Birthday Celebration at Aldeburgh Cinema

12/02/2013 By
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As someone brought up with the cinema, it being almost the only form of entertainment available, and who worked in one for several years, I marvel at the atmosphere created by the Aldeburgh Cinema and its associated Club. Literally it re-creates the treat of “Going to the Pictures”. With the modern difference, of course, of […]

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