Strawberry Whip
It’s a bumper year already for home-grown strawberries. Try this. Serves 4 1. break up a strawberry jelly tablet and put in a processor with 150 ml boiling water and whiz until melted. 2. Add 450 g fresh hulled strawberries and whiz again until smooth 3. tip into a bowl and chill until almost set [...]
John F. Kennedy, doughnuts and some very messy Germans
Image via Wikipedia In 1963 John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin and made the same mistake as many politicians through the ages. He attempted to address the crowd in their local language. The sentiment was admirable. His aim was to declare solidarity with the West Berlin residents. His hastily written crib notes have been passed [...]
Do fizzy drinks cause cancer?
Do fizzy drinks really cause cancer? Recent research followed over 60,000 people over time as part of the Singapore-Chinese Study. The questionnaire asked people about their lifestyles, including how many soft drinks they usually consumed and other dietary questions. They followed up the participants for up to 14 years, noting when someone in the group [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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