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HOT and SWEET

19/05/2015 By
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I see that I am about to complete 20 years on the chain-gang of writing a weekly food-and-drink page in Cyprus newspapers (I anticipate a flood of congratulatory Emails) Before the summer of 1995 I had “cut my teeth” so to speak with several years of monthly writings in newspapers or magazines. My first weekly […]

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CLASSIC

20/04/2015 By
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“Forming part of the permanent cultural achievement of mankind”. This is one of Webster’s Dictionary’s definitions of the word “Classic”. It is the one I like, because it so perfectly encompasses good food and timeless recipes. When I taste a perfect Moussaka I opine that it is a classic dish of Cyprus. Alas, as with […]

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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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Easter Recipes from the Cyprus Gourmet

24/03/2015 By
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In Praise of the Tomato It is possible that there is not a home in Cyprus, or in any other Mediterranean country for that matter, without tomatoes in its pantry. It is also unlikely that there is any taverna worth its salt that doesn’t have a salad, or cooked dish with this noble red fruit […]

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Cyprus Gourmet – February 25th. 2015

24/02/2015 By
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ALL GREEK TO ME, with a NISTISSIMA (Fasting) touch Greece’s economic plight is widely discussed and I hear “Tut Tuts” about the profligacy and irresponsibility of those in charge there. Especially the Teutonic “Tut Tuts” coming from Germany. It brought back memories of driving around Peloponnesus a few years back and talking to one of […]

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Filed Under: Diary, Mediterranean Recipes, Table of Contents, Weekly Edition Published in Cyprus

Travellers’ Tales – hopefully with a Meal included

04/02/2015 By
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           Travelling with a camera wasn’t always a case of slipping it into your hand luggage Whenever I go to a new place, in my own country or abroad, my hopes are: firstly, good food; secondly, good wine; thirdly, a comfortable bed. Ideally a conjunction of all three. I have slept in quite a […]

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