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British recipes: Banana custard (video included)
Ingredients: Half a pint (275 ml) of double cream; 3 egg yolks; 1 level tablespoon of caster sugar; 1 level teaspoon of cornflour; 2 drops of vanilla essence.
Canadian cuisine: Hearty soups and maple syrup
THERE is no great secret behind Canadians’ passion for rich creamy soups and maple syrup: it lies in their country’s climate.
Canadian recipes:Braised fennel with blue cheese
Ingredients and preparation.
Canadian recipes: Baked garlic and onion cream soup
Ingredients and preparation.
Canadian recipes: Pork tenderloin with maple syrup and mustard
Ingredients and preparation.
Canadian recipes: Maple syrup pie
Ingredients and preparation.
Dutch cuisine: Cheese-eating traditionalists, but with a taste for the new
WHEN Daphne Bergsma talks about ‘Old Amsterdam’ she is not referring to the historic heart of her home town, the capital of the Netherlands.
The exquisite cuisine of Japan
UPON hearing the word sushi, most Slovaks normally picture sashimi (actually small cuts of raw fish) or nigiri (raw fish or other ingredients served on or surrounded by small, individual portions of rice). However, sushi has many forms and varieties in terms of ingredients, colour, taste, texture and arrangement, Akira Takamatsu, Japan’s ambassador to Slovakia, explains as his chef Naoki Eguchi begins preparing chirashi sushi, which he says can be easily made by Slovaks in their own homes.
Danish cuisine: Hearty, but increasingly healthy
WHILE Danes have taken to eating greener and healthier food over the past decades, meat – and especially pork – dishes originating in the countryside remain one of the mainstays of Danish cuisine.
Hitting the high notes
I knew things were going well when, less than 20 minutes after I had wandered into Trenčín, the dancing girls turned up.
US sculptor helps restore a Slovak monument
AN AMERICAN sculptor who specialises in crafting war memorials has helped restore a monument to US airmen downed over Slovakia during WWII.
Movie Review: Star Trek
Star TrekStarring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Eric Bana.Directed by: J J Abrams
Bring on the sunshine
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Unknown Slovakia
Slovakia might be relatively 'unknown' to your average English-speaking tourist, but a quick flick through past editions of Spectacular Slovakia (an annual sister publication of SPEX) reveals that there are in fact few places in this country to which its previous writers have not traveled at some time (and often several) in the past 13 years.
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There are many reasons why foreigners come to live and work in Slovakia. The bureaucratic obstacle course outlined below is not one of them. But all countries impose obligations on incomers. Here are some of Slovakia's, from the point of view of an EU citizen, for whom clearing the hurdles is a time-consuming if relatively straightforward affair. If you are from anywhere else, things can be more complicated.
A quantum of plotline
THE PROBLEM with Bond films is not the unbelievability: that’s basically what you go for. It’s that it’s all been done before. This conundrum led Bond in his Pierce Brosnan incarnation so far down the road of computer-generated stunts that you might almost have been better off watching the Playstation spin-off rather than the film. Daniel Craig’s first outing, Casino Royale, was rightly applauded for getting back to basics, dropping most of the gadgets and even letting Bond bleed a little.
Where you can learn Slovak
Summer School of Slovak Language and Culture - Studia Academica SlovacaPhilosophy Faculty of Comenius University, BratislavaWebsite: www.fphil.uniba.sk/?id=114Tel: (02) 5933-9497Contact: Eva ŠpaňováDates: August 3-23, 2008 (3 weeks)Applications close: May 31, 2008Cost of tuition: Ř450 (plus Ř50 registration fee)
Dozrel čas – it’s time to learn some Slovak
ARE YOU constantly intending to improve your Slovak language skills, but always short of time, motivation, money – or all three?
Exporting democracy
GETTING a grenade in your spaghetti isnot most people’s idea of the perfect night out. While mercifully rare, it’s anoccupational hazard for the growing number of Slovaks working abroad as election observers in some of the world’s more dangerous places.One of them is Alexander Matúš, a Slovak observer with several years’ experience who recently returned from a three-month stint in Pakistan.
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