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GRAINS OF SENSE ….. Organic Flour from Kelsale ….. by The SuffolkEater

12/10/2012 By
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You can’t always get to a farm shop – for some people the cost in petrol precludes frequent visits and others, of course, don’t necessarily drive or have a car. So the next best thing is to look closely at the produce in your local supermarket for regionally or, better still, locally produced foods. Since […]

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HOMING PIGEONS, MILLION DOLLAR RACE-HORSES, CELLARS and VINES

14/05/2017 By
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  For more than 50 years I have taken a camera with me on trips; short ones and long ones. Far more than a diary (especially if captioned properly) photos bring back people and places that have almost faded from memory. Today, of course, keeping a picture collection is easier than it ever was because […]

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HOTEL JOTTINGS

30/07/2012 By
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Hotels range from the sleaziest to sublimely luxurious.  Even among the hotel chains, no two are alike. We have experienced all sorts, from the grotty to the grand, in cause of work or play and enjoyed some memorable experiences, good and bad. These are just a few disconnected notes about places we’ve been – some […]

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JON SWALLOW–Suffolk Water Colours

16/07/2012 By
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Jon Swallow is an architect by profession who likes water colour painting.   Now more or less retired from architecture – a successful career that has taken him from urban and rural England to the towering peaks of modernity in Dubai – his time is  now much occupied with his 600 gsm water colour paper, his […]

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

05/06/2016 By
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  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

KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE

09/01/2017 By
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Of the meals I remember most clearly, it is simple ones that I think of most fondly. The first “Steak Frites” I had in Paris. Barbouni, just landed from a fishing boat in Lebanon. The kebab “Mixtures” (lamb pieces, shish kebab, minced lamb skewers) prepared by the lady proprietor of Ttokos Kebab house, London. BBQ’d […]

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