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Culinary trends, recipes, food and beverage information, and the latest in both local and international cuisine
image What’s Eaten Where: Caspian Sea

What’s Eaten Where: Caspian Sea
This isn’t actually a sea. But nor is it a lake. The Caspian Sea is something else altogether… At almost exactly 40 times the size of Cyprus, the Caspian Sea ...
By Alix Norman
image Guest recipes from Lidl food academy

Guest recipes from Lidl food academy
Spaghetti dinner with store cupboard favourites Spaghetti with Red Sauce and Veggieballs 85g cashew nuts 100g quinoa with bulgur 2 tbsp olive oil 1 clove of garlic 1 small onion 2 tbsp tomato paste 2 ...
By CM Guest Columnist
image Cyprus wine industry on an upward path

Cyprus wine industry on an upward path
Cypriot wine exports are up over 60 per cent, Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday night opening the annual Wine Festival in Limassol. “The ministry of commerce, realising the dynamics ...
By Katy Turner
image What’s Eaten where: Wisconsin

What’s Eaten where: Wisconsin
Wisconsin is known as ‘America’s Dairyland’. It’s here, in 1881, that the world’s first ice cream sundae was served, and, if the state were a country, it would ...
By Alix Norman
image Guest recipes with Farah Shammas

Guest recipes with Farah Shammas
Easy vegan spread Barley and black eye beans stew Barley and black eye beans stew 1 stalk of celery 1 medium chopped onion 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 medium carrots diced 1 large sweet potato ...
By CM Guest Columnist
image What’s Eaten Where: Patna

What’s Eaten Where: Patna
Patna was the home of Vātsyāyana – the author of the Kama Sutra. Little is known of this monk, other than that he intended the book as more of ...
By Alix Norman
image Guest recipes with Tonia Buxton

Guest recipes with Tonia Buxton
Recipes for a better mood Saffron, cacao and black pepper can all work to lift the spirits Slow Cooked Pork and Fiery Minty Salsa 1kg boned out pork shoulder or ...
By CM Guest Columnist
image The story of Cyprus in a bottle

The story of Cyprus in a bottle
What began on a damp morning in a Neo Chorio kitchen has developed into three varieties of small-run gin that is the taste of the island. ALIX NORMAN settles down ...
By Alix Norman
image What’s Eaten Where: Budapest

What’s Eaten Where: Budapest
We can thank Budapest for the biro and the Rubik’s cube. Budapest is built on a vast labyrinth of caves, which stretch for miles and miles beneath the city. ...
By Alix Norman
image Guest recipes from Lidl Food Academy

Guest recipes from Lidl Food Academy
Use store cupboard ingredients for international tastes Shakshuka 400g tomato sauce with aubergine (Lidl Combino) 1/2 tsp ground cumin 4 large free-range eggs 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper, For the finish ...
By CM Guest Columnist
image What’s Eaten Where: The Skeleton Coast

What’s Eaten Where: The Skeleton Coast
Welcome to the Gates of Hell – the name Portuguese sailors once gave Namibia’s western coast. The locals are even more poetic, referring to it as The Land God Made ...
By Alix Norman
image What’s Eaten Where: North Dakota

What’s Eaten Where: North Dakota
Alaska is by far the coldest state in the US (right now, they’re lighting their fires and welcoming the first snowfall of the year!). But among the Lower 48, it’...
By Alix Norman
image What’s Eaten Where: Atacama

What’s Eaten Where: Atacama
The driest non-polar desert in the world, the Atacama is vast and alien: endless red hills and dusty plains. Stretching 1,600 km along the Pacific coast of Chile, temperatures can rocket ...
By Alix Norman
image Recipes with Tonia Buxton

Recipes with Tonia Buxton
Spice up your kitchen Chickpea‑Filled Filo Triangles This is one of the dishes that’s on my vegan menu for The Real Greek. It has proved to be a ...
By CM Guest Columnist