La Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics

Originally published on the 27th September 2011. Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of

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Botrini’s Restaurant, Athens, Greece

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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Anchovies forever: a lunch with one theme and many tastes!

Today was a hot day. A hot day invites light food. I like tasty food. I therefore had to prepare

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Leek pie with celery and red cabbage

Today I cooked a nice light dish for the end of the winter. A leek pie with celery and red

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Aleppo, Syria: A foodlover’s paradise?

It is not  often that new chapters open in whatever we do, think, love, dream and desire. I have the

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Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: Food and Kitchen Paintings

Today I want to share with you my enthusiasm about Chardin’s paintings. Marcel Proust wrote about Chardin: “We have learned

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Sarah Lucas – Transfiguration of Food Objects into body parts

This post is about one of my favourite artists, the British sculptor Sarah Lucas (born in 1962). I present some

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Istanbul food markets and street food – Εικονες απο τις αγορες τροφιμων της Κωνσταντινουπολης

Σημερα θελω να μοιραστω μαζι σας μερικες εικονες απο τις αγορες και το γρηγορο φαγητο της Κωνσταντινουπολης. Today I want

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