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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The largest of the Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece. It was held by the British from 1809 to 1864.
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- proper noun A
Greek island in the easternIonian Sea , the largest of theIonian Islands .
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In Prospero’s Kitchen: Mediterranean Cooking of the Ionian Islands from Corfu to Kythera, Diana Farr Louis and June Marinos say, “Recipes for Kreatopita in Cephalonia are like recipes for bouillabaisse in Marseille: each one is offered as the only truly authentic version handed down by a mythical grandmother.”
Archive 2007-12-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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In Prospero’s Kitchen: Mediterranean Cooking of the Ionian Islands from Corfu to Kythera, Diana Farr Louis and June Marinos say, “Recipes for Kreatopita in Cephalonia are like recipes for bouillabaisse in Marseille: each one is offered as the only truly authentic version handed down by a mythical grandmother.”
Novel Food: Corelli's Mandolin and Recipe for Cephalonian Meat Pie (Κεφαλονίτικη Κρεατόπιτα) Laurie Constantino 2007
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The 29 in the morning we were in sight of an Iland, which we left on our left hande called Cephalonia, it is vnder the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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This exceptional disrespect he ascribed to what he leniently called the history of Cephalonia, meaning the savage dose of martial law nine years before.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the second world war as Mussolini's army advances, Bernières's unlikely love story has attracted the attention of the Kote Marjanishvili Theatre from Tbilisi who premiered the show in Georgia earlier this year to considerable acclaim.
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CV Travel has a number of villa deals for families still available, including a stone villa above the sea on the Ionian island of Cephalonia for eight (handy for sun-seeking couples with sextuplets, single parents with septuplets or even two bog-standard families).
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Most households on Cephalonia have their own version of this delicious dish.
Novel Food: Corelli's Mandolin and Recipe for Cephalonian Meat Pie (Κεφαλονίτικη Κρεατόπιτα) Laurie Constantino 2007
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In those years, despite the hovering threat of war, life on Cephalonia continued unchanged.
Novel Food: Corelli's Mandolin and Recipe for Cephalonian Meat Pie (Κεφαλονίτικη Κρεατόπιτα) Laurie Constantino 2007
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Leaving Cephalonia and forsaking its meat pies were some of those consequences: Are you ready to leave this island and this people?
Novel Food: Corelli's Mandolin and Recipe for Cephalonian Meat Pie (Κεφαλονίτικη Κρεατόπιτα) Laurie Constantino 2007
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But when Paul, the governor of Cephalonia, approached with an eastern fleet to aid the Dalmatians, the royal fleet returned home.
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