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On Saturday morning I woke to news of Leonard Cohen’s death. Of all the famous who have died this sad year, none has touched me as much as Cohen’s. I ‘discovered’ him in a youth hostel in France – in Quiberon, Brittany – when I was 19. A heaving communal room where we ate sparingly and […]
Read MoreThis one is for Di, who very kindly brought me back some of Yiannis’s herbs from Kardamyli where she was holidaying recently. What a treat! And so very nice of her to think of me. Writing about Yiannis’s wonderful herbs and Kardamyli was one of the very first posts on the blog, just over four years […]
Read MoreI’m a confessed Twitter addict. It’s become a bit of a family and friends’ joke and I have cards and even a mug with Twitter references. But I’m happy to admit I’m regularly found checking into my Twitter account and a couple of days ago I replied to a Tweet posted by Total Yogurt, saying […]
Read MoreI’ve been making moussaka for as long as I’ve been cooking, I think. I got seriously into cooking in my teens and remember I had a favourite book of classic recipes from around the world and each recipe was accompanied by a big photo of the dish. It was quite a simple and straightforward book, […]
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