The Good, the Bad and the Poncho

Comfortable and comforting, but in the best taste?
FASHION crimes, like many other misdemeanours, can begin innocently enough. A few influential designers send a quirky and impractical article of clothing down the runway; high-fashion magazines enthusiastically push it; a celebrity is photographed wearing it, and then lower-end lines begin mass-producing it.

The head poncho

Well-known in Greece, designer Sia Demetriades has an exhibition of unique ponchos

Loss of a stable past

Although best known as a fashion designer, Hussein Chalayan is also master of the art of video

I love my radio

EVERYBODY loves TV. Some people arrange their lives around TV. But what about the other little miracle in the media family? It’s a device that many people use as a means of information, especially those of us who spend a lot of our time in the car. The radio is man’s best friend at work or in the car, especially since the fine for talking on the mobile while driving has gone up.

Out and about with Eleni Antoniou

Peace at harbour

Next time you go to Ayia Napa don’t drive past the Liopetri Harbour sign as a charming, fishing harbour awaits

Passion for Seafood

FOR HIS Passion for Flavour, which won the 1997 Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year Award, it was said that “Gordon’s passion for food infuses every page… the simplest of ingredients are combined to make a truly wonderful dish which eats like a poem.” Well, the food poet is back to his old tricks again, this time involving fish and shellfish, demonstrating that a chef with three Michelin stars on hi

Dietician

Great garlic

Garlic is not only used to repulse vampires, you can actually eat it, not only hang it around your neck! It can also ruin a romantic after-dinner kiss, so do not use it on your first date, or if you do make sure you have parsley leaves or parsley oil drops to hand.

Restaurant review: Agria Anatoli

The Wild East

The civilized west comes home at a new Nicosia restaurant

EVERYONE of a certain age has a vague idea about the Wild West, even though nobody watches cowboy movies or reads pulp novels any more. But I bet nobody has ever heard of the ‘wild east’, either because it never existed or, if it did, because Hollywood never made any films about it.

Winter warmers

Here are two hearty, winter warmers with plenty of garlic. Both soups are old family favourites. The smell of freshly-baked garlic bread or cheese scones to accompany the soup is heavenly. Chickpeas are traditionally used to make humus or stew with spinach. I have turned the traditional stew into soup, with the addition of cumin and coriander. You can use canned chick peas if pushed for time.