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It's Sale Season Again!

Rethymnon Coffee Morning Bugle - Christmas LeftoversTime flies at the Bugle. In our February 2007 issue we kicked off our Lifestyle page with a “Bargains Galore” headline and supplied you with a piece about February being sales month and a great time for bargain hunters to go shopping in Rethymnon (relaxed atmosphere in town before tourists arrive, clearing out winter stock, shops not awash with flip-flops and wind chimes etc). Clearly we wouldn’t want to use such a cheap trick as repeating ourselves in the February 2008 Bugle, but just in case you didn’t know, this year sales will once again run until the end of the month. It looks as if there may be some good deals to be found in town too.

This year you should expect to find goods discounted by 40% or more in many stores. Furthermore, as you can see from our photo, local businesses are becoming increasingly inventive (some might say surreal?) in the way that they promote their sales. Perhaps it is only in Rethymnon that window shopping could be such a source of visual entertainment!

Romantic Recipe: Artichokes in Yellow Sauce

The title of this recipe is perhaps not an immediately obvious ‘passion puller’, but have faith and all will be revealed. This recipe is a Rethymnon style modification of a dish that has been known to result in couples steamily licking sauce off asparagus tips in limited attire. Artichokes are much easier to get here at this time of year, and with a little imagination the same effect can be achieved.
For the yellow sauce you will need
Butter
Egg yolks (two to start with, plus extra for rescue purposes)
Herbs: tarragon and thyme
Tarragon vinegar (can use white wine vinegar instead)
Pepper (depending on the type of butter you use, you may not need to add any salt)
Blender / Liquidizer (sauce can be made by hand, but who wants any additional hassle on Valentine’s Day?) 		Melt rather a lot of butter carefully in a small pan over a very low heat (a clean Greek coffee pot is absolutely perfect). Let the butter cool enough so it won’t cook the eggs, Rethymnon Coffee Morning Bugle - The Golden Potbut not so much that it solidifies and you have to start all over again. Whizz egg yolks, herbs and about a tablespoon of tarragon vinegar together in the blender. Breathe deeply and adopt a mayonnaise approach. Whilst still whizzing, add the melted butter little by little. If mixture does happen to curdle half-way through, all may not be lost — try adding an additional egg yolk to the mix. Check sauce for seasoning. Boil the (whole!) artichokes (one per lover) in a little salt. They’re cooked when you can easily pull the leaves off. They’re overcooked if all the leaves have fallen off and have sunk to the bottom of the pan. Drain the artichokes and place them on individual plates. Pour the sauce into a communal serving dish. Start stripping the leaves, dunk the fleshy bits into the sauce and suck. It works.

New International Bookshop in Rethymnon: Book Signing by Victoria Hislop

Rethymnon Coffee Morning Bugle - CocktailA new franchise of Mediterraneo Editions has now opened at 41 Paleologou St, Rethymnon (near the Rimondi Fountain). Mediterraneo Editions publish several foreign language guidebooks to Crete—their publications cover diverse fields of interest such as tourism, botany, history and local culture. The shop also stocks a wide variety of foreign language fiction and non-fiction books. You can find out more about their publications from their website www.mediterraneo.gr

Mediterraneo Editions - in collaboration with Headline Book Publishing and Hellenic Distribution Agency — are delighted to be able to welcome Victoria Hislop to Rethymnon on 7th February. Victoria Hislop, award winning writer of “The Island” will be giving a lecture in English about her book at the Rethymnon Touring Club (opposite Church of St Francis, off ‘Market Street’) at 7.30 pm. This will be followed by a book signing at the new bookshop. All welcome!

Valentine's Day Cocktail: Chocolate Martini

Rethymnon Coffee Morning Bugle - CocktailCHOCOLATE MARTINI?! FOR VALENTINE’S DAY?! HOW CAN THAT BE ROMANTIC?!
We found this concoction online when searching for a special drink for Valentine’s Day. It has to be said that the thought of adding chocolate to Vermouth and olives made the editorial team shudder somewhat. However, it would appear that the only relationship that this cocktail bears to the ‘James Bond’ version is that fact that you should serve it in a Martini glass. So that’s alright, then.
For your Chocolate Martini you need: 2oz ‘base spirit’ (vodka, light rum, brandy….), ½oz chocolate liqueur, ½oz white crème de cacao, ice, chocolate syrup and chocolate flakes.
Coat rim of glass with chocolate syrup and chocolate flakes. Mix the remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker and strain over ice. Make another one for that ‘special person’ and wait for the sound of crashing waves across the sea shore….

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