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June 12, 2023

Story of A Quiche & Tart – Simple Recipes By A Michelin Star Chef

General, People Alice Waters, Angela Hartnett, Apple Tart, Asparagus Quiche, Bardi, Best Food Books of 2022, Burns Night, Cafe Murano, Chez Panisse, Cucina Angelina, farm-to-table, Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant, haggis, Marcus Wareing, Mayfair, Michelin-starred chef, Murano London, Neil Borthwick, Pat Llewellyn, spaghetti vongole, Spitalfields, The Connaught, The Weekend Cook No comments

I had seen this artistic looking tempting quiche above in last year’s July issue of ‘Food and Travel’ and it had appealed to me so much that I had kept […]

May 29, 2023

A Coffee Shop in San José, Costa Rica

General, Latin America, Travel Allegory of the Coffee and the Bananas, Alma de Café, Azotea Calle 7, Barrio Amon, Barrio Escalante, Cafe Miel Costa Rica, Cafeoteca, casado, Costa Rica, empanadas, gallo pinto, Hotel Presidente, Isolina, Mercado Escalante, olla de carne, President Kennedy in San José, Pura Vida, Rávi Gastropub, San José, Silvestre, Soda Tapia, sodas, Tarrazú, The National Theater of Costa Rica No comments

It has been a rainy spring. Although the freshness of spring is felt in its back notes, cloudy and misty weather allows me to write one more post I associate […]

May 14, 2023

Gleneagles, Scotland

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Andrew Fairlie, archery, Auchterarder, Blair Castle, Braid house, British School of Falconry, Callendar House, championship golf coures, croquet, Dean village, deer stalking, Drummond Castle Gardens, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Ennismore, Equestrian Centre, falconry, Ferret School, G8 Summit, Glen Devon, Glendevon, Gleneagles, Gleneagles Townhouse, Glenturret Distillery, gun dogs, Holyrood park, horse riding, Linlithgow Palace, Loch Lomond, off-road driving, Orchil Hills, padel, Perthshire, polo lessons, Princes Street, quoit, River Tay, Riviera in the Highlands, Royal Lochnagar Suite, Royal Mile, Ryder Cup, salmon fishing, Scone Castle, Scotland, Sharan Pasricha, Shooting Fishing School, Solheim Cup, st Andrew Square, Stirling Castle, Strathearn, The Birnam, The Dormy, The Glorious Playground, Water of Leith No comments

It is spring time here in Istanbul but the weather is still not that warm and raining cats and dogs from time to time, as if to let me write […]

April 6, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 2)

Films, General Carlo Regoli, Emilio Agostini, Il Maritozzaro, Il Maritozzo Rosso, Laura Regoli, Love & Gelato, maritozzi, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Owen McDonnell, Pasticceria Regoli, pistachio gelato, Rascioli Caffe, Rome, Saul Nanni, savory maritozzi, secret bakery, Spaghetti alla Puttenesca, Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Trajan's Market, Valantina Lodovini No comments

In my previous post, I had mentioned the film Spanglish and a marvelous sandwich (Spanglish sandwich) I discovered owing to that film. In this post I will mention about the […]

March 4, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 1)

Films, General Adam Sandler, Carbon Beach, chef restaurants, Cloris Leachman, El Bulli, Il Cielo, James L. Brooks, Malibu, Noma, Paz Vega, René Redzepi, Spanglish, Spanglish sandwich, Tea Leoni No comments

I would like to mention in this post two nice sweet films, owing to which I discovered two breathtaking tastes: a savory and a dessert. Let me start from the […]

January 17, 2023

Paris – Always A Good Idea

Europe, General, Travel A Moveable Feast, Angelina, Avenue George V, Avenue Montaigne, Balzac House, Belleville, Bois de Boulogne, Buttes-Chaumont Park, Café de Flore, Canal Saint-Martin, Champs-Élysées, Châteaux de Versailles, Crazy Horse, Disneyland Paris, Edit Piaf, Eiffel Tower, Emily in Paris, Ernest Hemingway, Fouquet's, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Île de la Cité, Île Saint-Louis, Jardin du Luxembourg, La Closerie des Lilas, Ladurée, Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Le Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, Le Meurice, Les Deux Magots, Louvre Museum, Marais, Midnight in Paris, Montmartre, Montparnasse, Moulin Rouge, Musée Rodin, Notre-Dame Paris, Palais Garnier, Parc de Bagatelle, Parc Monceau, Paris, Picasso Museum, Place de Valois, Place Vendôme, Places des Vosges, Pont Alexandre III, Pont des Artes, Pont Marie, Pont Neuf, Quartier Latin, Robert Doisneau, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Ouen, Shakespeare and Company, Sorbonne, Tuileries Garden, Victor Hugo No comments

We had the chance to visit Paris as a family at the end of November, just before the Schengen visa of my daughter expired. I am so grateful for this […]

October 23, 2022

Sicily – Inspired by a Marvelous Coffee

Europe, General, Uncategorized Aeolian Islands, Agrigento, arancini, Bar Ingrid, Bay of Mazzaro, Beati Paoli, brioche, Cafe Apollo, Cafe Sicilia, Cafe Spinnato, Cala Rossa, cannoli, Capella Palatina, Caseificio Borderi, Castellano, Cefalu, Cinema Paradiso, Corrado Assenza, Corso Umberto, Cosa Nostra, Cottanera Winery, Egadi Islands, Erice, Etna Wine Route, Favignana, Fontes Episcopi, Forza D'agro, Galleria degli Specchi, Google Camp, granita, Greek Theatre of Taormina, Hiera, Hotel Villa Athena, Il Postino, involtini di melanzane, Italian Journey, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, La Locanda del Postino, Leopard, Levanzo, Lipari, Marettimo, Messina, Mick Jagger Sicily house, Modica, Mount Etna, Mount Stromboli, Noto, Noto Cathedral, Opera dei Pupi, Ortigia island, Osteria dei Vespri, Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi, Palermo, Palermo markets, panella, passeggiata, pasta alla norma, Piazza del Duomo, Portogallo, Prada house Sicily, Ragusa, Ragusa Ibla, Salina, San Domenico Palace, Santa Caterina fort, Savoca, Sciacca, Segesta, Seven Rooms Villadorata, Sicilian puppets, Sicily, Stromboli, Syracuse, Taormina, Teatro Massimo, The Godfather, Trapani, UNESCO, Valley of the Temples, Verdura Resort, Villa Igiea, Villa Romana del Casale, Villa Sant'Andrea, Villa Valguarnera, Visconti, Zu Nillu 2 Comments

I had the intention of writing this post since last spring – when I discovered a marvelous coffee at a Tchibo shop close to my house. On the coffee package […]

August 27, 2022

Carrig Country House, County Kerry & Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Alicia Burrell, Annascaul, beach horse riding, Caragh Lake, Carrig Country House, Clew Bay, Corrigan's Mayfair, country house, County Kerry, County Mayo, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Emerald Isle, Frank and Mary Slattery, Galway, Glenbeigh, Inch Beach, Ireland, Irish red deer, jaunting cars, Killarney Golf Club, Killarney National Park, Killorglin, Lakeside Restaurant, Limerick, Muckross House, paddle boarding, Portmagee, Puck Fair, Richard Corrigan, Ring of Kerry, Ross Castle, Rossbeigh Beach, Skellig Micheal, Slea Head, Sligo, South Pole Inn, Strand Street, Tom Crean, UNESCO, Victorian house, Virginia Park Lodge, white water kayaking, Wild Atlantic Way, Yeats No comments

Isn’t a glimpse at the photo above is very soothing? – which I thought so and sat down to write this post. It is one of the photos of the […]

June 29, 2022

Chef José Andrés and His ‘World Central Kitchen (WCK)’

General, People Albert Adrià, Anthony Bourdain, Asturias, Bethesda, clean cooking, Costa Brava, El Bulli, Ferran Adrià, Guatemala, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Maria, Jaleo, James Beard Foundation, José Andrés, La Palma volcano eruption, Mercado Little Spain, minibar by Jose Andres, natural disasters, No Reservations, Paella, Patricia Andres, Patricia Fernandez de la Cruz, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Richard Wolffe, Ron Howard, The Bahamas, ThinkFoodGroup, Time's 100 Most Influential People, Typhoon Rai, Ukraine, US Virgin Islands, WCK, We Fed an Island, We Feed People, World Central Kitchen 2 Comments

When I read in a local newspaper about two months ago, that the relief kitchen of a renowned chef had been damaged due to a a missile that hit in […]

May 27, 2022

Bethlen Estates and Castle – Transylvania

Europe, General, Travel bear watching, Bethlen Castle, Bethlen Estates, Biertan, bison, Bram Stoker, Bran Castle, brown bears, Caretaker's Huse, Carpathian bear, Carpathian Mountains, Count Janos Bethlen Manor House, Count Miklos Bethlen, Cris, Dacre Stoker, Depner House, Dracula, Dracula the Undead, Dracula's Castle, Gladys Bethlen, gourmet picnic, heliskiing, home-made brandies, horse carriage rides, Hotel Transylvania, Kitchen Barn, lynxes, Nikolaus Bethlen, Prince Charles Transylvanian properties, rewilding, Romania, safari, Saxon houses, Sighisoara, snowshoe walking, The Prince of Wales's Guesthouse, The Vampire Diaries, torch-lit wine cellars, Transalpina Road, Transfagarasan Road, Transylvania, Transylvanian Alps, Transylvanian countryside, Transylvanian wines, truffle hunting, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, vampires, Viscri, Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, wine tasting 1 Comment

When I saw the photo above in House & Garden, I was filled with an enthusiasm and joy imagining myself having a picnic in this pleasant setting within the green. […]

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