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Blog Archives

Istanbul INN London – Chef Silvena Rowe and Made by the Chef

If you’ve always wanted to visit Istanbul and taste the delights of Turkish cuisine then come and join us as we serve up luxurious Turkish street food with the gorgeous TV Celebrity Chef Silvena Rowe, doyenne of Eastern Mediterranean cooking.  You can also get a little taster of Istanbul culture, art, history and architecture. Where:

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Top Ten Farmer’s Markets From Around the World

If you love a good farmers market like me, then how about trying some of these gems from around the world.  Any excuse to travel I say! These top ten favourites have been kindly provided by Essential Travel  Make sure to leave a comment if you’ve been to any. 1. Winchester Farmers’ Market, Hampshire This bi-monthly

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Turkish Delights with Allegra McEvedy

Finally, after many years of trying to get Turkish food well and truly on the gastronomic map of glory, along comes Allegra McEvedy with her new food programme, Turkish Delights, airing on Sunday evenings on the Good Food Channel. Although I am feeling a little pang of jealousy since I’ve spent a few years trying

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Molohiya – A Traditional Cypriot Dish

Posted in Recipes by Hulya Erdal

I’ve been feeling a lot of Molohiya love from all my people on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest over the last few days and so thought I’d better post a recipe up double quick! It’s summertime, I’m back in the motherland and over the last week have been embroiled in some serious Molohiya leaf action. As

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North Cyprus Trip Part 2 – Food!

The great thing about Cyprus food is it’s many influences from the surrounding countries and former colonisations!  If you don’t know much about this divine island then a very quick, potted history is to say that many different cultures have attempted control and ownership of Cyprus.  The Venetians, Byzantines, Ottomans, Lusignians, British…they’ve all had a

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Novikov – outnobbling Nobu?

Arkady Novikov is no shrinking violet. Head of a huge 50 restaurant empire throughout Moscow as well as one of Russia’s most successful businessmen with an organisation including Supermarkets, florists and even a 15 acre farm, as the website (http://www.novikovrestaurant.co.uk/ ) states, “he is the man with the midas touch.” So it’s no surprises that he has finally

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