Let´s face it, most people would not put British cooking high in the list of best world cuisines. But maybe this English food blog containing a selection of delicious recipes and mouth-watering photos from Julia in Kent will convince you that there are still people in the UK who know where the kitchen is!
http://asliceofcherrypie.blogspot.com/
If you liked this…
More posts about food around the world from Topics of the World.
Written by a dual-national UK-Iranian, this blog provides a tantalising glimpse of life in Iran. The author moved from England to a town just outside Tehran just over two years ago, and so writes with an original point of view as he has a foot in each culture. In this weeks posting we hear about a visit to a charity for disabled people in south Tehran.
From the 8th Century, Muslim tradition and culture set trends in eating, music and style that still influence us today. Their experiments, discoveries and inventions with liquids, light and time opened the door to myriad new chemical compounds, measurements of time in precise and minute detail and devices used in space observation and deep sea exploration. Also a book has been published to collect this beautiful collection of information and images.
Ok, well we had to start somewhere! But we´d love to hear from you for future posts.
Are you married to / dating someone who comes from a different country? What was the most surprising, funny, even uncomfortable event linked to your different backgrounds? Did you grow up worlds apart, or are your cultures pretty similar? If you don´t have a foreign partner, you could still contribute if you have ever had a friend of a different nationality.
Anyway, back to the post. Where better to start than the great Michael Caine. He fell in love with his wife Shakira after seeing her on the tv, in a coffee advertisement. As the advertisement was set in Brazil, he assumed she was Brazilian and he managed to persuade his friend to go to Brazil with him so he could meet the girl he wanted to marry…
…Luckily he thought to check with the company making the commercial before leaving, Shakira was Indian (born in Guyana) and lived only one mile away from his house in London! He called her the next day and the two have been together ever since.
JonnyB entertains with stories of life in his Norfolk village.
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Putumayo is an amazing collection of special music from all over the world. Many CDs and for all tastes. Enjoy!
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Familiarizing the World with Assam.
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