This dish features musky octopus, the poor relative of octopus, in tomato sauce. Read about it in my gastronomy blog
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1001 Ways to die – (11) Patricia Highsmith, American, Writer (1921 – 1995)
Patricia Highsmith was born in Forth Worth, Texas, USA, on the 19th January 1921. “Patricia Highsmith, the American writer whose
Continue readingChesme or Chesma, Turkey
Chesme is a small town at the edge of the Erythrean peninsula, some 85 kilometers west of Izmir. I visited
Continue readingIskele, Urla, Izmir Province, Turkey – Σκαλα (Κάτω Βουρλά)
I recently visited Izmir and toured parts of the Izmir province. Today I publish some of the photos I took
Continue readingThe Nereid Monument at Xanthos, Lycia, Minor Asia
This monument is a tomb, built around 380 BC by Greek architects and sculptors, for a king of Lycia (in
Continue readingThe Restaurant of St John Hotel Chinatown, 1 Leicester Street, London
During my recent visit to London (October 2012) I had the opportunity to visit the restaurant in the St John
Continue readingA crouching Aphrodite in London
I was in London for a few days and had the opportunity to visit the British Museum. This post is
Continue readingWhen friendship ages like good red wine – A lunch in Marathon with three dear friends
Human relationships are diverse. But they can age like good red wine. This is what was circling in my mind
Continue readingNikos Karouzos: The agony in front of nothingness – Νικος Καρουζος: Η αγωνια κατάντικρυ στο μηδεν
Ο ποιητης Νικος Καρουζος ταξιδεψε στον αλλο κοσμο την 28η Σεπτεμβριου 1990. The Greek poet Nikos Karouzos died twenty two
Continue reading… because incoherence is preferable to a distorting order …
“In certain places, at certain hours, gazing at the sea is dangerous. It is what looking at a woman sometimes is.”
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