One online source claims there are 350 types of pasta and twice as many names for them. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Unlike some types of pasta—for example vermicelli, linguini or gnocchi—macaroni isn’t named for what it looks like. Vermicelli is unappetizingly named after worms. Gnocchi is named after a knot in wood. For linguini you need to think of a linguist who can speak many tongues, because linguini is sup
Helping a local community to improve a trail through the jungle might not be everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday; but for Dave and Meredith it proved to be fascinating insight into a traditional way of life that is under threat from the rapid pace of tourism development in Southern Thailand. As part of their holiday, the couple visited a homestay in Ban Talae Nok, and jumped at the chance to help the villagers clear the local nature trail and make it safe for future tourists. “We are pa
Popular wine tour operator, Wine Lovers Tours , has recently announced its 2010 wine and food tour destinations with excursions to Greece, Turkey, Piedmont (Italy) and the Rhone Valley and Provence in France. Led by Vin Marottoli, the company has been organizing food and wine tours to amazing destinations throughout the world for 28 years. Wine Lovers’ track record speaks for itself: over 80% of participants are repeat travelers, partaking in often over 15 separate tours each – of which Maro
Being an affluent person who loves a night on the town, how is one supposed to come up with new and exciting upscale restaurants to bring a date when someone has already visited all the upscale restaurants in town? Well, all is not lost as there are many alternatives to the same old dating grind of taking your date to a five star eatery! With some imagination and vision a night on the town can be transformed into a most memorable experience and a fine dining experience as well. There are so ma
Image via Wikipedia Ocimum basilicum is the botanical name of this tender annual. Seeds should be sown into pots or cell trays either in a greenhouse or on the windowsill. This herb seems to do best when pot grown. If it is to be planted outside then you must harden it off first and wait until the soil has begun to warm up. Plants are attractive to slugs, so sprinkle grit or sharp sand around the base of each plant. Well grown plants can reach two feet high. The growing tips should be pinch
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