The Scotsman
By Jo Ewart
THE OLYMPICS return to their roots next week, as Athens plays host to the athletes more than 2,700 years after the words "Let the Games begin" were first uttered in ancient Greece in 776BC. So what better time than now to celebrate Greek food?
Of course what constitutes authentic Greek food, as opposed to the stuff doled out to the five million Brits who visit Greece every year, is quite another matter. Greek restaurateur Theodore Kyriakou has just written a cookery book on this very subject and isn’t convinced that the Games will necessarily have a good impact on his native cuisine’s image. "Yes, visitors will be exposed to more Greek food but it’ll be the same food that they’ve always been used to," he says. "I would advise them to go away from the Olympic village - about ten miles even - and then they’ll taste amazing food: Greece’s special dishes."
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Thursday, August 05, 2004
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Milos Athens Hilton
The Independent
By Terry Durack
If one world record is going to be set in Athens this summer, it'll be for best Greek restaurant ever. Come down from the mountain, Zeus, dinner is served.
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By Terry Durack
If one world record is going to be set in Athens this summer, it'll be for best Greek restaurant ever. Come down from the mountain, Zeus, dinner is served.
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Sunday, June 27, 2004
Valvona & Crolla, Edinburgh
Observer
Interview by Chloe Diski
'I'm the third generation at Valvona & Crolla,' says Philip Contini. 'Recently, my daughter, Francesca, joined the business, making it four generations, and we're celebrating the shop's seventieth anniversary in the autumn. So 2004 is a fabulous year for us.
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Interview by Chloe Diski
'I'm the third generation at Valvona & Crolla,' says Philip Contini. 'Recently, my daughter, Francesca, joined the business, making it four generations, and we're celebrating the shop's seventieth anniversary in the autumn. So 2004 is a fabulous year for us.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004
'Ban artificial food colourings'
The BBC
Artificial food colourings should be banned in the interest of public health, say UK experts.
A team of researchers from Southampton University said removing these substances from foods could cut hyperactivity rates in young children.
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Artificial food colourings should be banned in the interest of public health, say UK experts.
A team of researchers from Southampton University said removing these substances from foods could cut hyperactivity rates in young children.
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Monday, May 03, 2004
It pays small farmers to go up market
BBC News Online
By Anna Browning
With the UK countryside in crisis, farmers are surviving by cutting out the middlemen and selling their produce straight to foodies.
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By Anna Browning
With the UK countryside in crisis, farmers are surviving by cutting out the middlemen and selling their produce straight to foodies.
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Friday, April 23, 2004
Hand to mouth
The Guardian
By Jay Rayner
As the Observer's restaurant critic, Jay Rayner has put his stomach to good use over the past five years. Here, though, he reveals how the job has also given him food for thought.
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By Jay Rayner
As the Observer's restaurant critic, Jay Rayner has put his stomach to good use over the past five years. Here, though, he reveals how the job has also given him food for thought.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Food items 'incorrectly labelled'
The BBC
survey of children's food in the East Midlands revealed a quarter of products tested had misleading nutritional information on packaging.
Trading Standards officers found one packet of crisps contained 150% more sugar than stated.
The survey focused on products aimed at children, often with cartoon characters on the labels.
Of the 200 tested, 53 samples were unsatisfactory. The main problem was inaccurate nutritional information.
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survey of children's food in the East Midlands revealed a quarter of products tested had misleading nutritional information on packaging.
Trading Standards officers found one packet of crisps contained 150% more sugar than stated.
The survey focused on products aimed at children, often with cartoon characters on the labels.
Of the 200 tested, 53 samples were unsatisfactory. The main problem was inaccurate nutritional information.
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Friday, February 13, 2004
Naked Chef takes on haute cuisine
BBC News
Jamie Oliver is fast becoming flavour of the month among French foodies - but the "pukka" chef's no-frills style is leaving some Gallic gourmets simmering.
Oliver, honoured with an MBE by the Queen in October, is in Paris promoting his latest book, Rock 'n' Roll Cuisine. His series, The Naked Chef, is now the most popular cookery show on French TV.
But not everyone across the Channel is shouting: "Lovely jubbly!" and some say this "rosbif" Anglo-Saxon invasion is an audacious affront to French cuisine.
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Jamie Oliver is fast becoming flavour of the month among French foodies - but the "pukka" chef's no-frills style is leaving some Gallic gourmets simmering.
Oliver, honoured with an MBE by the Queen in October, is in Paris promoting his latest book, Rock 'n' Roll Cuisine. His series, The Naked Chef, is now the most popular cookery show on French TV.
But not everyone across the Channel is shouting: "Lovely jubbly!" and some say this "rosbif" Anglo-Saxon invasion is an audacious affront to French cuisine.
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Monday, January 12, 2004
Mash hits
The Independent
Think the Atkins diet has killed the potato? Think again. Sales are up and, with glorious new varieties available, it's boom time for the discerning chipaholic. Sybil Kapoor digs the new breeds.
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Think the Atkins diet has killed the potato? Think again. Sales are up and, with glorious new varieties available, it's boom time for the discerning chipaholic. Sybil Kapoor digs the new breeds.
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Friday, June 13, 2003
Oliver's pukka life as chef
BBC News
TV chef Jamie Oliver has been honoured with an MBE for his services to the hospitality industry, after turning a group of disadvantaged youngsers into cooks for his restaurant.
The 28-year-old from Essex has brought cookery to a younger generation through his unique and relaxed approach to presenting.
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TV chef Jamie Oliver has been honoured with an MBE for his services to the hospitality industry, after turning a group of disadvantaged youngsers into cooks for his restaurant.
The 28-year-old from Essex has brought cookery to a younger generation through his unique and relaxed approach to presenting.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Jamie Oliver lands himself in hot water
The Daily Mail
Jamie Oliver has received a roasting from TV watchdogs after an outburst on his Channel 4 show. Oliver landed himself in hot water for an episode of Jamie's Kitchen, in which he worked to turn 15 jobless youngsters into top-class chefs. During one encounter, an exasperated Oliver blurted out "Jesus f Christ" - and five viewers complained about his language. Today the Independent Television Commission ruled that the programme had breached TV guidelines. "The ITC took the view that this particular expression is deeply offensive to Christians and requires a high degree of justification, which it did not feel was present on this occasion," their report stated. "The ITC also noted that the programme began immediately after the watershed." Channel 4 said it had been imperative to show a "frank and candid portrait of Jamie Oliver" and to let viewers see "the reality and pressures of the challenge facing him". A warning had been given at the start of the programme, a spokesman added.
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Jamie Oliver has received a roasting from TV watchdogs after an outburst on his Channel 4 show. Oliver landed himself in hot water for an episode of Jamie's Kitchen, in which he worked to turn 15 jobless youngsters into top-class chefs. During one encounter, an exasperated Oliver blurted out "Jesus f Christ" - and five viewers complained about his language. Today the Independent Television Commission ruled that the programme had breached TV guidelines. "The ITC took the view that this particular expression is deeply offensive to Christians and requires a high degree of justification, which it did not feel was present on this occasion," their report stated. "The ITC also noted that the programme began immediately after the watershed." Channel 4 said it had been imperative to show a "frank and candid portrait of Jamie Oliver" and to let viewers see "the reality and pressures of the challenge facing him". A warning had been given at the start of the programme, a spokesman added.
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Sunday, January 19, 2003
Food fetishists do it sitting down
The Guardian
By Jay Rayner
They have their own website and admit that food is better than sex. Jay Rayner meets the men and women willing to spend a month's wages on a meal.
I have a guilty secret. It is a very British guilty secret. In France I would need neither to be guilty nor shy about it. There, my secret is practically a national pastime. In this country it is a different matter entirely. In this country admitting that you are - and here's the guilty secret - totally, carnally fascinated by extraordinarily expensive food experiences, puts you in the same category as foot fetishists and crack heads; a deviant, out of step with society, in thrall to truly unnatural appetites.
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By Jay Rayner
They have their own website and admit that food is better than sex. Jay Rayner meets the men and women willing to spend a month's wages on a meal.
I have a guilty secret. It is a very British guilty secret. In France I would need neither to be guilty nor shy about it. There, my secret is practically a national pastime. In this country it is a different matter entirely. In this country admitting that you are - and here's the guilty secret - totally, carnally fascinated by extraordinarily expensive food experiences, puts you in the same category as foot fetishists and crack heads; a deviant, out of step with society, in thrall to truly unnatural appetites.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2000
Right royal requirements
BBC News
Buckingham Palace has reportedly banned garlic and spaghetti for the Queen's forthcoming trip to Italy. This is not the first time a royal visit has provided a rare insight into life behind Palace doors.
Traditional staples of Italian cuisine will be off the menu when Queen Elizabeth II visits Rome and Milan next week.
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Buckingham Palace has reportedly banned garlic and spaghetti for the Queen's forthcoming trip to Italy. This is not the first time a royal visit has provided a rare insight into life behind Palace doors.
Traditional staples of Italian cuisine will be off the menu when Queen Elizabeth II visits Rome and Milan next week.
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