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2nd July 2008 • 0 Comments Athens – the new Acropolis museum

Don’t worry – that’s not the new museum below. Patience. The first time I went...

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Fiona Dunlop is a seasoned travel and food-writer who has been ‘abroad’ for much of her life. She doesn’t count countries but aims to dig deep beneath the surface of the places she visits. Food has increasingly become her focus, without forgetting art, architecture and design. Andalucia (Spain) is her second home, but French her second language!

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The last blast (gasp?) of December’s leg of jamo

The last blast (gasp?) of December’s leg of jamon serrano - a fine ham broth with cannellini beans, carrots, cauli & celery. Lip-smacking & nutritious
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#hambroth #hamstock #jamonserrano #vegetablesoup #warminglunch #lockdownsoup #lockdownlondon

Yep it’s Australia Day! But only just in the sou

Yep it’s Australia Day! But only just in the southern hemisphere... wish I could be there RIGHT now
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#australiaday #wallaby #southernhemisphere #nolockdown #bouncebounce

It doesn’t exactly look appetising - but it’s

It doesn’t exactly look appetising - but it’s Burns Night & I just love haggis!
No whisky or neeps so parsnips & carrots & wine. Very unscottish but swipe for a 1787 portrait of Robbie Burns by Alexander Nasmyth - what a lad...
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#haggis #burnsnight #robbieburns #nottraditional #scottishfeed #lockdownlondon

Big treat starter last night - sashimi-grade tuna

Big treat starter last night - sashimi-grade tuna marinated for 12 hrs in soy sauce & wok oil (sunflower & sesame oil + ginger).
Served with dollop of ginger paste & sesame seeds. It just slipped down so deliciously ...
A vintage tapa from my 2002 book, New Tapas & recipe from the prodigious Catalan chef @carlesabellanchef
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#marinatedtuna #japanesestyletuna #rawtuna #sashimigradetuna #soysauce #yellowfintuna #purefish #starter #tapafortwo

Luscious seafood fideua made by Xavier @paellashac

Luscious seafood fideua made by Xavier @paellashack - with a gentle kick from nyora peppers (slide) & starting with the classic sofrito base (slide again). I could eat this daily but luckily he only makes fideua on Thursdays - otherwise it’s paella, also so tempting - see posts passim
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#fideua #noodlepaella #seafoodnoodles #takeaway #seafoodpasta #spanishfood #highbury #valenciandish #spaininlondon #lockdownlondon

Finishing off the last slivers of the Christmas le

Finishing off the last slivers of the Christmas leg of jamon, I made this pea & jamon soup with mint - delicious & so thick could almost stand a spoon up in it. Recipe from @restaurantmoro - a brilliant Spanish-Moroccan restaurant that I’ve known since it opened in Clerkenwell in 1997. Yes! Long may it survive post lockdown
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#peaandhamsoup #petitspois #jamon #moroccanbowl #winterwarmer #moro #londonlockdown

He’s gone! 🤩 : #trump #trumpsover #ciaobaby #

He’s gone! 🤩
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#trump #trumpsover #ciaobaby #hesgone #endofanera

Regent’s Park mosque - an iconic sight on the ho

Regent’s Park mosque - an iconic sight on the horizon when walking through the park, impressive when sunlight glints. Designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd for over 5000 worshippers, completed in 1977 though founded in 1940 when the government donated the land. London weather means the gilded copper sheeting of the dome is deteriorating- help needed!
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#regentsparkmosque #modernmosque #islam #centrallondonmosque #mosque #regentspark #dome #minaret #nomuezzin #exoticskyline #architecture #londonlife

Another quick fix supper - my speciality (the fast

Another quick fix supper - my speciality (the fast fix)... sweet potato, mushrooms, canellini beans, red onion, chives & end of a chorizo. Always enjoy tossing ingredients together with no plan
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#quicksupper #easysupper #sundaynightsupper #notquitevegetarian #canellinibeans #sweetpotato #andaglassofmalbec #lockdownlondon

The amazing Pergola, all 115m in length, lurks in

The amazing Pergola, all 115m in length, lurks in the (currently muddy) woods of West Heath. The discrete architectural star was built in the early 1900s for wild summer parties at the adjoining home of philanthropist Lord Leverhulme - design helped by landscape gardener Thomas Mawson. Stunning in today’s winter sunshine but can’t wait to revisit in spring when it’s draped in wysteria & other beauties pop up in the garden below
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#pergoladesign #pergola #westheath #cupolas #walkway #inthewoods #hampsteadheath #thehill #lordleverhulme #thomasmawson #lockdownlondon #londonlife

Another architectural icon in my hood - the East S

Another architectural icon in my hood - the East Stand of the original Arsenal Stadium, designed in 1936 by two Scottish architects: Claude Ferrier & William Binnie & added to the 1913 structure. The Arsenal cannon looms large as do many art deco features. Now of course the whole building has become luxury flats - what a surprise
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#highburystadium #arsenal #artdeco #footballstadium #eaststand #architecture #1930sstyle #kick

Sunny days pack local parks with walkers & joggers

Sunny days pack local parks with walkers & joggers. So instead we pace the streets in search of architectural discoveries: this intelligent example of postwar social housing is surrounded by extensive green space - & what views from those balconies!
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#socialhousing #aubertcourt #highbury #architecture #postwar #islingtonhousing #curvature #balconydesign #lockdownwalk #lockdownlondon

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