PORTUGAL is known for its Madeira cake, wine, Vasco Da Gama and, of course, football, especially after that Euro final last year. But there is one more thing Portuguese that Cyprus will get to see and hear in June, live.

ART isn’t just paintings and sculptures. I’ve learned that through the course of my job over the past year, which has seen me traipsing around galleries and talking to artists of all shapes and sizes. However, I was caught by surprise last Saturday when I popped into the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, which is hosting the exhibition, Accidental Meetings.

Having recently joined the ranks of the diabetics and the good and cut sugar out of my diet (except for the stealthily consumed Cadbury’s Creme Egg when I am really desperate), the need to find a sweet alternative to chocolate seemed imperative. There are plenty of sugar-free sweets on the market, although I think glucose-free would perhaps be more accurate, but are they any good?

Life in the fast lane
The WRC circuit’s pretty boy harbours a desire to win

SINCE Petter Solberg joined the elite band of World Rally Championship drivers the sport has seen a growing interest – especially from women!

From floor covering to laxative

Linseed (Linum usitatissimum), otherwise known as flax, is a slender annual of the Linaceae family growing to 1m in moist, well-drained soil.

Regional differences give a pleasing complexity to New Zealand’s wine

Out of Italy

Genuine, well-cooked Italian food in Coral Bay (of all places)

THE ITALIANS, it seems, are getting a bit hot under their dinner napkins about the questionable standard of Italian food served outside their country.

Chicken and sweet potato curry
Serves 4

2 tbsp olive oil
3 tsp mild curry paste
3 large skinless chicken fillets, cut in small pieces
2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
6 tbsp red split lentils
450ml organic chicken stock
600ml coconut milk
300g frozen peas

Nutritionist/Dietician

Baked Okra in tomato sauce
Serves 4

2 cups okra
¼ cup vinegar
2 medium sized tomatoes, cut in 8 pieces
1 cup onion, finely chopped
½ cup parsley, finely chopped
½ cup green pepper, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic
4-5 tblsp olive oil
Salt and pepper