Val of More Than Burnt Toast, Giz of Equal Opportunity Kitchen and myself Ivy of Kopiaste, have been promising an ambitious effort.    Together with the growing membership of our Social Network Bloggeraid (currently represented by 18 countries) we would like to wish our entire blogging community a healthy and happy New Year!!!!   Food is our [...]

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Ivy on December 12th, 2008

I have been trying unsuccessfully, to post a recipe for the past few days but unfortunately I cannot pretend that nothing has happened and still is happening here in Athens and other parts of Greece.     Most of you  probably are aware that after the killing of a teenage boy by a policeman last Saturday,  [...]

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Ivy on November 30th, 2008

Gloria, of Cookbook Cuisine, has created and bestowed  upon Giz at Equal Opportunity Kitchen, Val at More Than Burnt Toast and myself an Angel Award.
As I said to Gloria:
“Gloria, this was the first e-mail I checked today and it’s 7 a.m. I was wondering if I was still sleeping. I am greatly honoured [...]

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Ivy on November 24th, 2008

I have been honoured with a lot of Awards during the past few weeks but a lot of events have got me out of my scheduled program.
First of all I made this unexpected trip to Switzerland, which was a last minute decision and coming back I had lots of e-mails and the google reader had [...]

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Ivy on November 16th, 2008

On Monday we woke up really early and it was still dark outside.

When the sun rose and we saw that it would be a lovely day we decided to go for a walk to the river before breakfast.

We encountered some other couples walking on the path and a woman with two lovely dogs. [...]

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Ivy on November 2nd, 2008

Thank you all my friends for submitting such a beautiful array of Sweet Pies. I am sorry I did not publish the round-up yesterday, as promised but I had some problems with the site, which fortunately I think I have solved.
Pies are the perfect dessert and some of them are really quick and easy. [...]

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Ivy on October 28th, 2008

I was e-mailed by Foodbuz twice to participate in the 1st and 2nd Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24, event. Unfortunately I had to pass as my family were not feeling comfortable to appear on the internet. If, however, I did participate here are a few dishes I would prepare for my [...]

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Ivy on October 25th, 2008

I have been planning to write this post a while ago, but with all of the craziness going on, I just never got to it. In the last several weeks, I’ve won a few Awards and it’s time to acknowledge receipt of them.
Thank you all of you for thinking of me.

PG, [...]

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The World Food Day was celebrated on the 16th October and we had a lovely roundup with lots of entries. My blog sister Val, of More than Burnt Toast, and I wish to thank you all for participating and bringing awareness to your readers about the hunger problems that exist around the world [...]

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Ivy on October 16th, 2008

Today is World Food Day…a day set aside by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations….

This day has been celebrated each year on October 16th since 1945. The theme for this years conference is “World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy.”
My blog sister Val, of More than Burnt Toast, [...]

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