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FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH – FOR 12 YEARS Orexi Catering Goes from Strength to Strength

26/01/2015 By
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      Issue dated 28th. January 2015    As published in Financial Mirror, Nicosia  In 2002, Janet Bureau, a food loving friend who is also a cook of some considerable skill, resident near Limassol invited us to an al fresco lunch of Lebanese food cooked by a young friend of hers. This included traditional favourites like Kibbeh, […]

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YES, TELL THEM HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR THE WINE!”

17/11/2014 By
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  Arising from my article about tasting and serving wine, I received an Email from Allan in Limassol, who asks: “When you have people in for a meal, is it polite to talk about the wine? And, if someone asks where you bought the wine they are drinking, should you tell them the price?” Well, […]

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REVIEW–2014: A GOOD YEAR FOR CYPRUS WINE

14/11/2014 By
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  Once upon a time… Cyprus wine was a joke. The “leading” white wines, made in factories in Limassol, were largely stale, flat and well on the way to oxidisation. The reds, mostly made from Mavro were dull and lifeless. The reason, of course, was that grapes were grown as a cash crop by village […]

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The SuffolkEater reviews the Seafood & Grill at the Brudenell, Aldeburgh

03/11/2014 By
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To get the best of eating at the Brudenell Hotel Aldeburgh, you need daylight and either a table on the terrace or one inside with a sea view. However, as we found out a week or two ago, its Seafood & Grill has a pleasant, comfortable feeling about it on a blustery rainy autumn evening. […]

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ON THE RIGHT LINES – Living, steaming, moving history…

15/10/2014 By
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Earlier this month Mary and I spent a happy week touring around Yorkshire, based on the pleasant spa town of Harrogate.   We were wallowing in nostalgia of a special kind: for old fashioned trains pulled by huffing and chuffing steam engines more than 60 years old. We were part of a group of about 40 […]

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Sherry–a Decent Drop of Fortification

16/09/2014 By
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In Britain, sherry may be a minority tipple, but it is a large enough one for a good range to be stocked in wine stores and supermarkets, whereas in Cyprus it is not easy to find and the range available is quite limited.  The demise of what used to be called Cyprus sherry also diminished […]

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