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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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Filed Under: Blog, Diary, Eating In, Mediterranean Recipes

JUNE – Books for Cooks, Chicken Recipes and Eating Out in Limassol

05/06/2016 By

  These two books have been around for some years (both can be found in both new and good used condition on the Internet – but I bought mine from Moufflon Bookshop in Nicosia in the 1990s) They combine recipes, anecdote and commentary to an excellent degree. I love them both, browse them regularly and […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Diary, Recipes, The Cyprus Gourmet

March Issue…… Nigel Slater’s New Book….. One Pan Dinners…… and Stolen Chickens

21/03/2016 By

  BOOK REVIEW “A Year of Good Eating” Duck with Udon Noodles…Agnello Rapido….Lentils with Cous Cous… Roast Chicken with Lime and Mint…. A menu from a new international restaurant? Some of my dream dishes? No – just a few of 250+ recipes in a just-published volume of gorgeous grub. Read on. The British seem to […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Diary, Eating In, Patrick's Potterings

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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Roll up! Roll up! For a slice of RETRO

07/12/2015 By

  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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VILLAGE VOICE REMEMBERED

08/11/2015 By

  An Email from a dear friend of our years in a hill village of Cyprus, talking of a well loved taverna keeper, the venerable mukhtar of many years’ standing and various other local personalities, brought back a flood of memories, some of them demonstrating the speed of change in the island in recent years. […]

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