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Why I Love My Spatula
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge “I love it, not only for its brilliant design and usefulness, but because it was a gift from my oldest brother, Shelty or, more formally, Frederick Shelton…
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The Fires of August: Tragedy on Chios
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge “Of all the fires ablaze at this moment, I am most sickened by those on Chios, the large, historic island in the north Aegean off the coast…
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Sea Urchin Season
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge “Foraging for sea urchins is a serious business, requiring special equipment: besides mask, snorkel, and flippers, one needs a net bag or basket for collecting them and…
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Remembering (Olympic) Athens 2004
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge “When then-Prime-Minister Simitis announced triumphantly to the country on 5 September 1997 that Athens had won the right to hold the Olympic Games in 2004, many Greeks…
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To Live or To Write? That Is The Question
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge “Then, I might stare at the laptop screen for a few minutes until I remember a phone call that must be made. Today—and this is five days…
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Jam Session & An Homage to Tate & Lyle
“This year, our plum trees have been working overtime. There are only two of them, thank God, but each has contributed hundreds of perfect, wine-red fruit, brushed with undertones of pale yellow. These…
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Riots And Revolutions In Athens: Greening Greece’s Rooftops
“Andrew Michael Clements doesn’t look like a radical. He has no tattoos nor piercings; black leather jacket nor fiery eyes. But the 40-something Englishman/naturalized Greek does have a plan to revolutionize his adopted…
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Back To The Future In Evia: Village Life In The 21st Century
“This is the Greece we fell in love with, Annie and I, so many decades ago. And, guess what? It’s still here. My bet is that no matter what happens after our (next)…
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Goodbye “Pesto,” Hello “Moussaka”
“On June 4th, John met me at the boat and led the way from Piraeus to Maroussi. Don’t know how I extracted the car from Customs; the rest of the luggage stayed behind…
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Greeks Help Out in Africa: A Health Center Nears Completion in Tanzania
“Initially, I was focused on protecting the wildlife and their habitats, but I soon realized that it’s not just Nature we need to protect, it’s the people in the region. I began to…