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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS

07/04/2015 By
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Review – “Sax Stories” by Belinda Moore This slim, well presented book offers profiles of forty citizens of Saxmundham, many of them with photographs. They are a good cross-section of the populace and a helpful and enjoyable introduction for the shorter term residents of the town, like myself and my wife (a mere three and […]

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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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THOUGHTS ON EASTER LAMB

10/03/2015 By
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  Coincidentally, as the weather warms and hints of Spring appear, we dedicated eaters start to consider the new season’s lamb. Prompted by a current book of food writing, from the London Daily Telegraph’s archives, I searched my own and found a couple of special lamb recipes, created by the Telegraph’s food writer of forty […]

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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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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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