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SAXMUNDHAM’S NEWEST SHOP…. AND ITS OLDEST….

29/04/2013 By

Toasties at Trinity’s They used to be called toasted sandwich makers, but since we went all Continental they’re now “Panini Makers” (the two halves open wider than on an old toasted sandwich maker). You get this eponymous oblong roll, cut it open and stuff some cheese and ham inside. You then put the roll on […]

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SEASONAL GREETINGS AND SOME THOUGHTS TO GO WITH THEM

26/12/2016 By

As yet another year comes to a close (where did it go to?) I realise that I have now been writing professionally about food and drink for almost 55 years. At 85 I wonder if I am – or on the way to be – the world’s oldest food and wine writer? Who cares! Not […]

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SIX OF THE BEST FROM AROUND THE MED.

16/08/2016 By

  It was a Frenchman who said: “If there’s no food for you to eat…. you should talk about food”, to which I add, “And if there’s no-one to talk to, read about it”. I am never happier than when I am at my stove – and when I am not, the next best thing […]

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SOME THOUGHTS FOR SUMMER

01/08/2016 By

Food has been depicted in one art form or another since man first drew or painted images. Likewise ever since he could write, a major literary topic has always been the foods that sustain us. The Romans, Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Chinese, Indians and many others of ancient times committed gastronomic thoughts to stone, wood or […]

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SOME VIEWS OF SPRING

13/03/2017 By

  Every year I used to remark to my wife on the shortness of the spring and autumn seasons in Cyprus. “Yes”, she would reply, “You said that last year….. and the year before”. True. Nonetheless, the few weeks of spring provide us with a lot of pleasure, especially the flowering of the almond trees, […]

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Swedish Lunch at “The Bell”

11/02/2016 By

Jonny Nicolson, The Bell at Sax’s ebullient and enterprising chef-proprietor seems to add and more strings to his culinary bow as the weeks go by. Among a variety of events and occasions he has organised in his tenure is a themed monthly lunch. To date, among others, we have sampled Lebanese, Greek, French and Swiss […]

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