Today’s post is a celebration for Despoinarion‘s Oscar Awards. The celebration is double in nature: we celebrate first the award
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La Dolce Vita – Fellini's Masterpiece
“The film first impinged on the world at large in February 1960 when foreign journalists reported back to their readers,
Continue readingTrattoria e Locanda La Buca, Zibello, Parma, Italia
This post is long overdue, but better late than never. I visited La Buca four years ago, and it is
Continue readingImages of Theotokos, the Mother of God – From North to South
Today we are celebrating the Dormition of the Mother of God, Theotokos, and I want to share with you some
Continue readingPissaladiere with smoked herring
Pissaladiere is a pizza-like dish of the South of France. Its name comes from the word pissalat (“salted fish”). It
Continue readingPoeme electronique: The Phillips Pavilion in the 1958 Brussels World Fair
This post is about the joint work of three modern day geniuses: Le Corbusier, Edgard Varese, and Iannis Xenakis: Poeme
Continue readingMeat Rolls with Eggplants and Sudjuk
As the crisis in Greece deepens, and the country becomes more and more indebted and troubled, I dig deep in
Continue readingArtichokes Jewish Style – Carciofi alla Giudea
This is a classic dish, and a very tasty one! I was in Rome for one day and had the
Continue readingLunch 26th December 2009 – Toscana meets Thessaly
On the 26th December is the name day of my “brother”, Manolis. We have made it a tradition that every
Continue readingGiuseppe Ungaretti – Poet
Giuseppe Ungaretti is one of the giants of modern Italian poetry. He is the second modern Italian poet I present
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