Santiago Sunday
[caption id="attachment_2256" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="large as life"][/caption] To Chile for a week as the guest of Wines of...
Category Archives: Travel
Philip’s mezethes
[caption id="attachment_2209" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="My koubaros relaxing"][/caption] So we went up to Philip’s bar the other night for...
On the road
[caption id="attachment_2203" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Alongside a quay in Stockholm, this extraordinary piece of art draws attention to the...
The Admiral Codrington
[caption id="attachment_1859" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Three cheers for the Admiral"][/caption] Admiral Sir Edward Codrington GBC RN (1770-1851) was not...
Bottega Farm Inn
To Kelowna, B.C., for the Canadian Culinary Championships, a much-anticipated weekend that begins with a judges’ retreat that...
Toad in the Hole
One of the things that has given me most pleasure in the last few years is to watch...
A quiet night out
[caption id="attachment_1743" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cold days in the Ionian"][/caption] New Year’s Eve, and there are yellow...
Christmas in London
[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignleft" width="269" caption="Lodovico - bravissimo"][/caption] This is Lodovico, a most self-possessed and well-behaved infant. He and...
A figo for thee, then
[caption id="attachment_1464" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The clouds showed up last night. Summer nearing its end."][/caption] Forgive me for the...
Gala Pie
[caption id="attachment_1458" align="alignleft" width="233" caption="English butcher Darryl Bill outside his shop in Peritheia, Corfu. His skills thrill...