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Pserimos, A Fairy Tale
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—9/27/10—I’ll bet you’ve never heard of the island of Pserimos. Don’t feel ignorant. Few Greeks have. It’s a speck in the…
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Are You Eating Real Food?
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—9/13/10—This is the scene. It’s the mid-50’s in the Long Island suburb where I grew up. And it’s supper time. Around…
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‘Yunanistan Amigos’: Cruising In Turkey, August, 1997
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—8/30/10—Thirteen years ago this month, my spouse, “Joy of the People,” and I joined four close friends on a 12-day cruise…
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“And The Livin’ Is Easy”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, GREECE—(Weekly Hubris) —(8/16/10)—You may have read about Greece’s ongoing problems this summer—a truckers’ strike, slowdowns at airports, stranded cruise boat passengers—as workers…
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“The Way To My Heart”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—7/26/10—He was tall, dark and very handsome. The first meal he fed me was caviar and pheasant under glass—something that had…
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“Jam Session”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ANDROS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—7/12/10—This year our plum trees have been working overtime. There are only two of them, thank God, but each has contributed…
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“Dealing With ‘The Fearsome Zucchini’ (With A Nod To Maxine Kumin)”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—6/28/10—It’s zucchini season. Every third stand in our farmers’ market is piled high with the green tubes, in sizes ranging from…
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“Glories That Are Still Greek, II: A Weekend In The Peloponnesos”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—ATHENS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—“Trapeza” means “bank” in Greek, but this story is not about finance. Trapeza is also a village above the…
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“For K. Dun Gifford: 1938 To May 10, 2010, With Love & Thanks”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—5/31/10—The shocking news of Dun Gifford’s massive heart attack three weeks ago plunged much of the international Food World into mourning.…
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“Remembering NOLA”
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge by Diana Farr Louis ATHENS, Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—5/17/10—These days, I’m filled with unease and worry. The images that burst out of Athens were bad enough. But I’m also…