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This years moderate spring in Switzerland resulted in a record-breaking harvest of spaghetti.
For details, click here to watch the video.
Bon Appetit ! Have Fun !
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photo courtesy – spaghetti forever
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For your spaghetti supersite, click here
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As part of a promotion for the Sydney International Food Festival, the advertising agency WHYBIN\TBWA designed 18 national flags using foods each country is commonly associated with and that would also match the colors of the flag.
Wow !
Such a simple, logic idea that has taken so long for somebody to visualize and promote. I stumbled across this by chance and was amazed that it did not get more attention world-wide, considering that everybody and their dog is now into creative food presentation and expressing themself through food. I hope that I can inspire to follow suit and that I can get many submissions from my readers with their own creation of a country flag of their choice. If there are more than one of the same country, we will vote which one to publish. If you’d like to submit, please use a white background and a similar rectangular plate as in the originals.
Life is Good ! Let’s do this ! 🙂
Should your your picture appear here, you will of course get the proper credits !
Below find the originals pictures and on the bottom of the page the appropriate credits.
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Thailand –
sweet chilli sauce, shredded coconut and blue swimmer crab
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South Korea –
kimbap and sauces
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Vietnam –
rambutan, lychee and starfruit
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United States –
hot dogs, ketchup and mustard
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United Kingdom –
scone, cream and jams
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Turkey –
Turkish Delight
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Switzerland –
charcuteries and swiss cheese
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Spain –
chorizo and rice
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Japan –
tuna and rice
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Lebanon –
tomatoes, pita bread and parsley
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Indonesia –
spicy curries and rice
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India –
curry chicken, rice, cheera thoran and papadum wafer
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Greece –
olives and feta cheese
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France –
blue cheese, brie cheese and grapes
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China –
dragon fruit and star fruit
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Brazil –
banana leaf, limes, pineapple and passion fruit
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Australia –
meat pie and sauce
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I saw this post by Mark Dale on FB and wanted to share it with you all 🙂
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Chef Hans Susser
2 You’ll never meet new people because your social life deteriorates into non-existence.3 You’ll find it hard to start relationships because alone time will become a precious thing.
4 You’ll lose your social skills.
5 Your sense of humor will degrade into the politically incorrect and socially unacceptable
6 You’ll eventually start swearing like a sailor and you won’t even notice yourself doing it.
7 You’ll turn into an anorak/monomaniac and always turn all conversations back to food.
8 You’ll earn a pittance for years/decades.
9 You’ll either lose a vast amount of weight or gain a vast amount of weight.
10 You’ll never ever have a tan ever again.
11 You won’t become famous.
12 You’ll develop a habit, whether it be coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, cannabis, cocaine, or even red bull.
13 Your feet will get destroyed.
14 Your back will get destroyed.
15 Your hands will get destroyed.
16 You’ll live in a constant state of sleep deprivation, indefinitely.
17 You’ll have to ask your friends to plan everything around your schedule, which is incomplete opposition with their availability, because you never know your days off in advance and you probably won’t be able to change it.
18 You’ll become of a very highly strung nature
19 You’ll become more prone to temper flare ups
20 Your awareness of other people’s lack of efficiency and common sense will increase and your tolerance of it will decrease.
21 You’ll spend the largest part of your life cooped up in a small, undecorated room with poor ventilation, high temperatures, a lot of noise, humidity, no natural light and no windows, with a small group of people who will become your only social interactions.
22 You will work longer hours than you ever imagined possible or thought legal.
23 You will spend all your waking hours on your feet, never getting a chance to sit down even for 5 minutes.
24 Your shortest work days will be longer than most people’s longest, and your longer workdays, which make up about half of your working week, will be longer than the average person is awake in a day.
25 You will not cook gourmet dinners at home. You’ll be too tired, and too fed up of cooking.
26 You will probably start eating mostly fast food and cheap instant noodles.
27 You will be the subject of abuse, whether physical or emotional. Officially, it will be as a test of character. In reality, it will be as a form of entertainment.
28 You will end up spending so much time at work that your colleagues will know you better than your partner/family/friends do.
29 You will meet and form strong bonds with types of people whom you’d previously never even have imagined sharing conversations with.
30 You will be in a constant state of stress.
31 You will never be irreplaceable and will be expected to constantly give 110%.
32 You will always be exhausted.
33 You will not be allowed to call in sick for a hangover.
34 You will be expected to place your work before any other part of your life in your list of priorities.
35 You will never be congratulated on your work.
36 You will be expected to treat your superiors as absolute masters and never answer back, try to explain yourself, start a conversation, or show any other type of insubordination, even if you know that they are in the wrong or feel as if their behavior towards you is unacceptable.
37 It will become very difficult to watch friends cook.
38 Your mum will stop cooking for you because she feels embarrassed.
39 You will be expected to cook for family gatherings such as Christmas EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Luckily, at least one year out of two, you will be working on Christmas.
40 At least one year out of two, and maybe every year, you will work Christmas, New Year‘s Eve, Easter, Valentine’s day, Mother’s day, Father’s day, bank holidays, Halloween, your birthday, and pretty much every other day of celebration on the calendar.
41 You will have to work many years in menial positions before attaining any level of authority in the workplace.
42 The better the restaurant is, the longer the work hours become, the more pressure you end up under, the more unhealthy your lifestyle will become, the more likely you will be to develop a habit, the more competitive the people around you will become, the less sleep you’ll get, the less you’ll eat etc.
43 You will constantly make mistakes, and every time you do make a mistake, someone will notice it and make you understand that you are clearly a subhuman because only a subhuman could make such a mistake.
44 If you are a woman, you will constantly be the subject of misogynist remarks and jokes, sexual harassment, belittlement and remarks about your menstrual cycle.
45 None of your friends or family will understand what is involved in your work and you will never be able to make them understand.
46 You will spend vast amounts of money on equipment, books, eating in good restaurants etc, which will leave you with not much money for other things.
47 You will develop a creepy obsession with knives.
48 If you are a pastry chef, you will develop a creepy obsession with spoons.
49 You will get a rash in your arse crack from the mixture of heat, sweat and friction that will not heal well, sometimes get infected, will mostly always be slimy and itchy and will be there most of the time.
50 If you are the right type of person, you will thank your lucky star every single day for the rest of your life for making you take the best decision you ever did and become a chef. And you will fall in love with your job and never look back.
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So, would I choose this profession again ? YEP !
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Would You ???
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Yesterday when I got home after a long workweek, I felt like treating myself to something ” lecker “.
This is what tickled my fancy the most :
Tiramisu (again :-), topped with cream and blackberries. A bottle of bubbly.
It rained dogs and cat’s the whole afternoon, but inside ,with some lecker goodies and my little girl, it felt like the coziest place on earth.
Welcome Weekend ! Life is Good !
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Blackberry Topped Tiramisu & Bubbly. Life is Good !
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My drinking buddy is always right.
He said onion is the only food that makes you cry.
So I threw a coconut in he’s face.
Question:
Do cannibals get hungry one hour after eating a china man?
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Three cooks, one from Kentucky, one from California and one from Oregon, were sitting on a park bench passing the time. Suddenly, the cook from Kentucky reaches under the bench and drags out a new bottle of bourbon, takes a big swig, tosses the bottle into the air and shoots it with a pistol.
“Why the heck did you do that ?” asked the cook from California.
“We got lot’s of bourbon in Kentucky” was the reply.
Next the cook from California takes out a bottle of fine wine, takes a huge swig, throws the bottle into the air and shoots it with a pistol.
“Why the heck did you do that ?” asked the cook from Oregon.
“We got lot’s of wine in California” was the reply.
The cook from Oregon takes out a bottle of Henry’s Private Reserve beer, takes a humongous swig and shoots the cook from California.
“Why the heck did you do that ?” asked the cook from Kentucky.
“We’ve got lot’s of Californians in Oregon” was the reply.
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How to reach inner peace:
I am passing this on to you because it was passed on to me and it has definitely worked for me like a charm. By following the simple advice I read in an article, I have finally found inner peace. It read: “The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you’ve started.” I looked around to see all the things I started and hadn’t finished… So far today I have finished one bottle of vodka, a bottle of red wine, a bottle of Scotch, some Valium, a small box of chocolates and 9 beers. You have no idea how good I feel. You may pass this on to those you feel are in need of Inner Peace.
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Strawberry toppings:
Young Hans lives across from a horse farm. The farmer was driving out unto the road with a load of horse “fertilizer”.
Hans saw him and called, “What’ve you got in your truck?”
“Horse Manure,” the farmer replied.
“It stinks! What are you going to do with it?” asked Hans.
“Put it on my strawberries,” answered the farmer.
“You ought to come to our house,” Hans advised him.
“We put sugar and cream on ours.”
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Life is Good !
It’s even better when you’re having fun !
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Super fascinating and informative.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the video 🙂
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Nathan Myhrvold plays with his food.
Credit: The Cooking Lab, LLC
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Click here for more of Nathan Myhrvold
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I don’t know what the fuss about “small plates” is all about?
As you can see, at my house they were alway’s ” in ” 🙂
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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I love these little mozzarella balls dressed with a nicely aged balsamic vinegar, a good amount of garlic, salt, black pepper and good quality olive oil. In this version of a classic antipasti dish, I have replaced the traditional olives with cucumbers and the basil with scallions and added grape tomatoes and finely diced onions. To me, this gives a more vibrant and fresh, crispy texture and taste. However, add whatever tickles your fancy, such as marinated peppers, pearl onions, different mushrooms, etc, or even as I sometimes do, good quality canned anchovies.
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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