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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
Last month I began my annual summer review of ouza, and started off the series with one I had never encountered before: Romios.
I described that it had a taste close to bitter and light on the anise, which is atypical of classic ouzo but might be preferred by those who don’t like their ouzo to taste too much like “licorice.”
And now, a few weeks later, I have found a similar one: Tsolias, produced in Halkidiki, is almost a duplicate of Romios, which is from Aigio.
Tsolias is a notch below 75 proof, making it possibly the lightest ouzo I’ve ever tasted, and therefore perhaps better-suited for sipping neat sans mezedes on a chilly evening than seaside at a psarotaverna on the rocks with a table full of mezedes.
In fact, Tsolias can almost be described as a grappa infused with just a hint of anise flavor.
This is a good ouzo to try for those wishing to “drink outside the box.”
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 13 people, authorities said.
TORONTO - Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter was banned for life from the NBA on Wednesday after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the precarious effort to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.