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When I'm in England I get very jealous of all the beautiful gardens I walk past. I am not a good gardener. I have neither the patience n...

Captain Ibrahim and friend As we left Captain Ibrahim's restaurant last week, the eponymous owner reminded us that he'd been bo...

I'm back in Bodrum. It's the first time I can say it as last year was the first time I'd been here - in Turgutreis. This ...

Respectable families who this time last year were probably spending their Sundays drinking tea with their nearest and dearest in local pa...

When we built our house in the early 1990s, we were adamant that we would do so without cutting down a single tree.  Even the small pine in...

In my 35 year long, varied career as a cook, I have occasionally been described by others as an epicurean.  It's a moniker I hated as...

The Mediterranean diet, and by association, the Aegean diet, is envied the world over. Lots of fresh vegetables, fruit, olive oil and fis...

I've been reading that hotel bookings in Turkey are down on last year because the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts have featured in the...

There are a myriad of restaurants to choose from in Bodrum from the cheapest street cafe to the ultra sophisticated hang out where you wi...

Home Sweet Home  This bunch has my name on it, if it hasn't ripened in 4 days, I'm eating it anyway.