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Pesto

08/04/2012 By
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Pesto is Italian – a quite pungent blend of fresh basil, pine-nuts (“Pinolia”), cheese, garlic and olive oil. It is a great accompaniment to Pasta and Gnocchi, but around my table it is often spooned on to grilled or fried chicken and fish. It is simple to make and it’s a super summer dish. It’s […]

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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

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The Anchovy   There may well be more anchovies in the world than any other living species. It is a small silver fish which is found in vast, vast numbers in the warmer areas of seas and oceans around the world. In the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Peru there are such huge shoals […]

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Stuffed Squid (Calamari Ripieni)

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Dishy Fish.. This is a lovely Italian dish that will grace a lunch or supper table, served with rice a green salad and a vibrant South Oz white wine. I have adapted it from a great cook book recently purchased which is consulted several times a week, because its recipes are so good. It is […]

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Tagine Bil Kok – Tagine of Lamb with Prunes

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Eating In – a Taste of Morocco   I have only visited Morocco once, and that was for a three day conference of an American multi-national corporation. It rained for two and a half days and the streets of Marrakech ran with a thin red mud. The conference leader stayed in his room most of […]

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In a Proper Pickle – Capers

08/04/2012 By
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It’s a ritual you don’t see as often as you did a few years ago, but it is good to see the people doing it aren’t just old villagers. The ritual of which I write is the annual assault on the spiky wild plant that grows over so many of our hillsides – the Caper. […]

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A Planting Has Been Arranged

08/04/2012 By
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This article was published in 1993, since when the number of vineyards in Cyprus has declined greatly. This is due to three main reasons: firstly, the unsuitability of the predominant native Cypriot grape, the Mavro, for the making of good quality red wine. Secondly, the move to the towns of many vineyard owner;, and, thirdly […]

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