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South America, Part 3 – Chile
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We’ve been hearing quite a bit about Chile in the past few weeks – unfortunately it wasn’t good news. One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, 700 – 800 times stronger than the Haitian quake …

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Bless That Berry – The Skinny On Berries
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 18:18 | View Comments
Bless That Berry – The Skinny On Berries

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It’s berry picking season in some parts of the world now and to make berry picking more fun, we have a look at what a berry is. In botanical terms, a berry is a fleshy …

Executive Food – Lamb Chops with Blackcurrent Sauce
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 18:17 | View Comments
Executive Food – Lamb Chops with Blackcurrent Sauce

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Blackcurrants are the edible berries of a shrub known as Ribes Nigrum – it has a 1cm diameter, is black in colour, has a calyx at the top and a glossy skin and it contains …

Dangerous Daiquiri – Strawberry Dacquiri
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 18:16 | View Comments
Dangerous Daiquiri – Strawberry Dacquiri

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Daiquirí is a beach near Santiago in Cuba and legend has it that it was invented in 1905 in a bar called Venus that was about 23 miles east of the mine by a group …

Pistachio And Orange Soufflé With Hot Blueberry Sauce
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 18:16 | View Comments
Pistachio And Orange Soufflé With Hot Blueberry Sauce

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This dessert is for those of you that want to cook something special for your significant other but haven’t got the time or the inclination to spend hours in the kitchen, nor do you want …

Adapt or Die – Chocolate Pudding Feast
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 0:31 | View Comments
Adapt or Die – Chocolate Pudding Feast

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Barak Obama has recently backed Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic in the history of the United States of America to be come a Supreme Court judge. The event wasn’t given as much publicity …

Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb by Gordon Ramsey
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 0:31 | View Comments

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Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb by Gordon Ramsey

Bahamian Pineapple Tart
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 – 1:58 | View Comments
Bahamian Pineapple Tart

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In the north of Eleuthera Island in the Crooked Island district, the pineapple industry is booming and most of the production is taken up locally for eating and drinking purposes. Pineapples aren’t only delicious, they’re …

Basically Bermuda Rum Punch
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 – 1:14 | View Comments
Basically Bermuda Rum Punch

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Rum is distilled from sugar cane and the word itself is quite probably derived from the last three letters of the latin saccharum, meaning sugar. Most of the world’s rum is produced in the Caribbean where …

Caribbean Cuisine – Bermuda and The Bahamas
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 – 20:39 | View Comments
Caribbean Cuisine – Bermuda and The Bahamas

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In Shakespeare’s play,  The Tempest, King Alonso of Naples and his entourage, on their way home to Italy, encounter a violent storm. Everyone jumps overboard and are washed ashore on a strange island inhabited …

Bahamian Fried Chicken
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 – 16:23 | View Comments
Bahamian Fried Chicken

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Nassau, on Providence Island, is the political capital of the Bahamas – the history of the town goes back hundreds of years to the times when pirates used the harbour to escape the law. Blackbeard, …