At the Zoobic Safari, the tigers are fed with live chickens for the entertainment of visitors and guests. Gory, really, but isn’t that how tigers feed in the wild — by hunting and eating smaller animals? My daughter Sam took the photo.
The duchess is a duke
Posted on January 8, 2007 · 2 Comments
When I adopted this cat, I named it Duchess because I thought it was a she. It grew and grew and, in a few short months, it was bigger than my daughter’s mommy cat. That was when my husband said it couldn’t be a she. He asked our younger daughter, Alex, to lift the cat. ... (more)
Smoked ham and cheese toasties
Posted on January 7, 2007 · 18 Comments
Based on e-mails and comments, my baked macaroni appears to be one of the most popular (and most often cooked) recipes in my food blog. Most everyone agrees that it’s all about the creamy cheesy topping. Okay. Now, imagine that the creamy cheesy topping were a little thicker — not of pouring consistency but of ... (more)
Fish fillets with pepper and thyme
Posted on January 6, 2007 · 14 Comments
The idea came from a fish dish that Jamie Oliver did in one of his cooking shows. He pressed the herbs and spices into the fish fillets and then fried them. I did it the way he did some months ago and the herbs burned before the fish was cooked through. Perhaps, the temperature of ... (more)
Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’
Posted on January 6, 2007 · 6 Comments
For history buffs who are familiar with how European royal families intermarried in order to seal political alliances, the story of Marie Antoinette shouldn’t come as a shock. That was how they did things back then. Children who had no choice were promised to children of other countries’ rulers and royal houses achieved some sort ... (more)
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