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When it comes to taste there are no geographical boundaries. Only cultural. The setting for today’s union is provided by
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In September 2011 the American technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) acquired British software firm Autonomy for USD 11.1 billion. HP’s news
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I have been invited to lunch and the hostess asked me to prepare something sweet for the conclusion. A good
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I recently visited Botrini’s Restaurant in a suburb of Athens, Greece. Hector Botrini is one of the best chefs in
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As Greece continues to suffer from the worst financial, social and political crisis since the civil war of 1945-1949, I
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Today I want to introduce the “Athinaeos Salsa Verde”. The super star of a seafood meal that I enjoyed in
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Chesme is a small town at the edge of the Erythrean peninsula, some 85 kilometers west of Izmir. I visited
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