What it is? Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building in the UK and receives over 800,000 visitors per year when combined with adjacent attraction The Alnwick Garden. Alnwick Castle […]
How to Make Popcorn in 5 Minutes at Home
Given the lack of travel due to the global pandemic and our successful last two posts about cooking (Mushroom, Truffle Oil and Parmesan Risotto, How to make the simplest and smoothest homemade Hummus), we now present our recipe for the perfect and easiest homemade popcorn. It’s so easy and cheap that it is not worth […]
Mushroom, Truffle Oil and Parmesan Risotto
What is Risotto? Risotto is a rice dish cooked with broth (from meat, fish, or vegetables) until it reaches a creamy consistency. Most types of risotto contain butter, onion, white wine, and parmesan cheese. Who invented Risotto? Risotto was invented in northern Italy. The first identifiable recipe dates from 1809. It includes rice sautéed in […]
A surprise visitor in Laos
By Violeta Yonkova She stepped into the vessel cautiously, crossing from the muddy shore that she’d just managed to navigate down through thick vegetation to the wooden floor of the long narrowboat. The woman sat straight onto the landing separating the seats for ‘us’ the tourists from the driver’s space. Her feet – slightly muddy […]
How to make the simplest and smoothest homemade Hummus
What is Hummus? It’s a dip, spread or savoury dish made from cooked and mashed chickpeas blended with tahini (sesame paste), lemon juice and garlic. It is popular in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, as well as in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe. It can also be found in most grocery stores in North America and Europe. Who invented Hummus? Short […]
How to make coffee with a French press
After our successful post “Bialetti Moka Pot, the real Italian coffee“, which explains our favourite coffee maker, we present a much easier way of brewing coffee, the French press. What is a French press? A French press (also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, caffettiera a stantuffo, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger), is a coffee brewing device invented by two French […]
Best Belgian Beers
Belgian beers are well known around the World. Especially their Trappist beers (the ones marked with [T] below), which are brewed in monasteries following certain rules and standards. There are only 11 in the World (six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands and one each in Austria, Italy, and the United States), so their products […]
Bialetti Moka Pot, the real Italian coffee
You would be surprised by the number of people that only drink instant or filter coffee at home, although it is decreasing year by year. Personally, I don’t have any coffee machine, and I normally use the Moka Express. It has two key benefits: it does need electricity nor pods or capsules, and I can […]
Discover the new Bassins de Lumières in Bordeaux
In Bordeaux, France, a submarine base has been turned into a museum. It will host one of the largest and most impressive digital art centres in the world. A new cultural space The brand new digital art centre is an enormous construction of 42,000 m² and almost 20 metres deep on the banks of the […]