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    Simply: FOUR SOUPS

    There must be thousands of different types of soup worldwide, as they exist in every cuisine from East to West and from North to South, with all the cultures in between.  Although I like many types of soups, I am…

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    Simply: HUMMUS

    Hummus is perhaps the most popular dish in the Middle East bar none! It is simple, cheap, versatile, and suited for any meal of the day.  No mezzeh collection would be authentic without a hummus dish.  It can be eaten…

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    First, Let’s KISS

    Sorry to disappoint you but, I am not going to talk about the affectionate action of kissing between lovers, family members, or friends. This is the acronym most of us are familiar with which stands for ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’,…

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    ThinItaly

    I am one of those people who puts on 2kg if I so much as crave a pizza, look at a pasta dish or read a risotto recipe. As for bread, don’t even get me started! Bread and I have…

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    Memorandum of Peanuts

    Having taken up a new post with a company, I soon found myself unexpectedly travelling on a business trip to Utah in the USA with 3 men and two women I barely knew.  Being new to the company and not…

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    Peanuts & Company

    I wouldn’t say I am an expert or even a big fan of peanuts but; I have become aware on my travels of how prevalent and varied in quality these snacks are. There are bad peanuts, average peanuts, good peanuts…

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    Champagne Piccolo Sir?

    British Midlands (BM), which no longer exists, having been swallowed up by British Airways (BA), used to have an early Friday evening flight from Brussels to Birmingham, England.  A flight that barely took an hour in duration but because it…

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    Random Selection

    Is there anything more irritating than hearing the same funny line over and over again and be expected to laugh? You know statements like: “I am on a seafood diet, whenever I see food I eat it”, or “you don’t have…

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    Illegal Entry

    Sometimes, trouble comes and finds you but other times, you go out looking for it.  A family couple came to visit me for a few days and we arranged to have a Sunday lunch with friends at a famous restaurant…

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