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Patrick Skinner’s FOOD, DRINK AND OTHER MATTERS–November

14/11/2016 By
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    THE MEZE TABLE The sight of a meze table fully set is an inspiring one. “How on earth have they done all that?” you ask yourself; but if you look, on closer inspection a lot of the little dishes have come out of jars, cans, packets and the freezer. And you can produce […]

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PATRICK’S JULY POT-POURRI

13/07/2015 By
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EDITOR WANTED? To quote its own blurbs, “Parikiaki” is ‘the leading Greek Cypriot newspaper published in London which serves the Greek and Greek Cypriot communities in excess of 300,000 people’. This month it ran a story about a Greek Cypriot couple who recently opened a restaurant featuring Cyprus cooking in a town called Chandler in […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Patrick's Potterings, The Cyprus Gourmet, Weekly Edition Published in Cyprus

PICK A PACKET OF PASTRY OR TWO…

14/08/2015 By
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  There’s a lot to be said for a good tart or pie. Among the pies and pastries that arrive on our table, one of my favourites is rabbit pie. Having enjoyed this delicacy in several countries, I can assure you that the Cyprus rabbit is as good as any. Being “tame”, it doesn’t have […]

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READY, BREADY, GO…..

04/07/2016 By
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  “All sorrows are less with bread. ” ? Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547 – 1616) “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all                            foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest                                    of feasts.” ? James Beard 1903 – 1985 (American food author) “Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A […]

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Roll up! Roll up! For a slice of RETRO

07/12/2015 By
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  Ably assisted by my daughter Susanna, who is a wiz with Internet publishing and my son Robert who is highly expert with websites, I have launched my first non-food book, a bit of autobiography in fact. It takes the reader back quite a few years – more than 75 – and tells what it […]

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Salad Days

10/04/2017 By
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  I don’t know about you, dear reader, but as the days heat up I want to spend less time in the kitchen slaving over a hot stove. So I look to quick and easy recipes that will please me and those around my table. And what could be simpler than the two above? On […]

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