I was living on the Greek island of Crete in March 2018 when I heard of the Turkish President Erdogan reciting verses from the Quran at the iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
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Food in the Time of COVID-19
Food in the time of quarantine when all people have is a meal to keep their spirits up. Friends across the globe sharing their meal images.
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Christmas Food around the Globe (Part 2)
Christmas Food from Around the Globe is the 2nd part of this 2 part series, featuring Canada, Ireland, UK and Philippines.
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Christmas Food around the Globe (Part 1)
Christmas from around the Globe is a 2 series post with the first one publishing today, features France, Italy, US, Sri Lanka and Australia.
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HALLOWEEN 2019
After the Romans had long left England, the Celtic Samhain, which actually means “summer’s end” merged with the Roman festival celebrating end of season in honor of the goddess of harvesting, Pomona, celebrated on 1st November.
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Office Lunches from Around the World (part 4)
This is the fourth part of my ongoing series on Office Lunches from Around the World, covering Azerbaijan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Macau and Turkey, making it 21 countries so far 😀
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Durga Puja 2019
Durga Puja of Bengal, Communal Pujas & Bangladeshi celebrations Bengali Hindu households responded to the Mayer Dak, as Durga Puja arrived in this autumn festival of...
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Office Lunches from Around the World (Part 3)
The 3rd part of my ongoing series on Office Lunches from Around the World, featuring Jordan, Nepal, Brazil and Indonesia. Join me on a mini tour of lunchtime in these countries. Images are courtesy of the most wonderful friends!
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Office Lunches from Around the World (part 2)
Part 2 in my 4 part series of Office Lunches from Around the World, featuring: Colombia, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Australia, Malaysia, Japan
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Office Lunches from Around the World (Part 1)
This is the first in my 4 part series on office lunches from around the world. I have friends living in all corners of the world...
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Olive Harvest in Crete
Harvesting Olives in Crete was much more of a work out than I had expected but the mountains, the breeze and the 100% organic lunch made it the perfect way to spend a weekend in the country side of Crete!
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Grape Harvest in Crete
I followed picking of grapes to my list of farming activities after olive harvesting and this was a walk in the park, considering that the grape vines matched my height and were just lying docilely waiting to be picked 🙂
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Heritage Foods and Portokalopita (part 1)
I conducted a workshop on heritage foods in Ioaninna, Greece and had the most enthusiastic group of people, who made maps of heritage food, came back to cook the next day and generally absorbed the concept of food as heritage 🙂
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Heritage food and Bobota – Corn Bread for the Poor (Part 2)
Bobota told a story from when Greece was going through the pre WWII, depression era and food was scarce. We struggled to finish our helpings as the bobota spoke to us of the desperation of those times, while its bland, crumbly flavours made us reflect on our decision to make it.
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GAFS Conference 2018
My first ever trip to the US was to attend the Graduate Association of Food Studies conference at the University of North Carolina, to present my research on the cultural heritage of carob in Crete.
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An Armenian-Greek Wedding in Athens
A very dear friend got married last year and I had the pleasure of being there and enjoying all the rituals. Now, as this was a private affair, please excuse the lack of pictures as I obviously do not want to post pictures of my friend’s special day, publicly, without informing her! 🙂
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