Burundi, and its coffee-growing highlands!
Burundi. Read our previous country posting: “Burkina Faso, land of the Honorable People!” COUNTRY ROLL No 29 : Burundi, and its coffee growing fertile highlands on a plateau in the middle of Africa! Photo asfc.org Read our related posting: “Best of Burundi food: Brochettes (French for Skewers)!” Read our next country posting: “Cambodia, land of…
Afternoon Tea at the Legendary Brown’s Hotel !
London these days is full of celebrity chefs striving to be as innovative as possible which makes the city’s culinary scene very eclectic and alive with buzz. But when it comes to Afternoon Tea, one of the United Kingdom’s finest culinary traditions and indeed, one of their finest contributions to the civilized world, I prefer…
Cyprus, the island of love, home to the wine of kings and the king of wines!
Cyprus COUNTRY ROLL No 47 : Cyprus, the original island of love. Did you not know that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was born in Cyprus, just off what is now appropriately called Aphrodite’s Beach. Cyprus is also home to the oldest wine in the world, the sweet dessert wine commandaria. In the 12th century,…
Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice!
Barberousse and the woman who saved Nice! Read our previous posting “La Baie des Anges : Two legends and a fish story!” We will be taking off for London in a few hours, on our way to Nice on the Cote d’Azur in France. The hero of Nice is a woman named Caterina Segurana, or…
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