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Edible Business Cards

these edible business cards were created to promote a bakery and come in different flavours like chocolate and vanilla. what a fabulous idea!

Favourite Cookbook

This is our favourite cookbook of the moment!

Tasty, healthy summer food with a Mediterranean twist.

Buy it at Exclusive Books or Kalahari.net

Roasted cauliflower and hazelnut salad (V)

1 head of cauliflower, broken into small florets (660g)
3 tbsp olive oil
Salt and black pepper
30g hazelnuts
1 large stick of celery, cut on an angle into ½cm slices (70g)
10g small flat-leaf parsley leaves
50g pomegranate seeds
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground allspice
2 tsp sherry vinegar
1 tsp maple syrup

Heat the oven to 200C. Mix the cauliflower with two tablespoons of oil, half a teaspoon of salt and some black pepper. Spread out on a baking tray and roast on the top shelf of the oven for about 20 minutes, until the cauliflower is crisp and parts of it turn golden-brown. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside to cool down.

Reduce the oven temperature to 150C. Spread out the hazelnuts on a lined baking tray and roast for 15 minutes. Leave the nuts to cool a little, then roughly chop and add to the cauliflower, along with the remaining oil and the other ingredients. Stir, taste and season accordingly. Serve within a couple of hours.

is this heat for real? how about something summery and refreshing to cool you down...watermelon cooler

(serves 6-8)

1.3kg watermelon

2 tablespoons fresh mint

1 tablespoon castor sugar

ice cubes

1 1/4 cups ginger ale

1/4 cup vodka

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

3 or 4 splashes bitters

fresh mint for garnish

puree watermelon in food processor. muddle mint with sugar in a large pitcher; fill with ice cubes. Stir in 2 cups puree, ginger ale, vodka, lemon juice and bitters. garnish with fresh mint and serve!

whisky in a tin

bad idea or good idea...what do you think?a latin american booze distributor is now selling these 340ml tins of whisky...that's 8 shots in one tin. they are marketing it as the perfect size to be shared between three people. scottish whisky makers are outraged!

Happy New Year!

Here's to a Prosperous 2012!
Now that you've had copious amounts of it, here are 10 things you probably didn't know about champagne:

10.) In the movie adaptions James Bond drinks champagne more than any other beverage (nearly 40 glasses and counting).

9.) The classic champagne coupe was adapted from a wax mold made from the breast of Marie Antoinette.

8.) There is more than triple the pressure in a bottle of champagne as there is in an automobile tyre.

7.) A champagne cork reaches a velocity of 64 kilometers per hour if popped out of the bottle.

6.) Actress Marilyn Monroe took a bath in 350 bottles of champagne.

5.) The longest recorded flight of a champagne cork is 177 feet.

4.) Don't drink champagne quickly or the bubbles will cause the alcohol to enter your bloodstream too fast often causing a headache. Savour your champagne in small sips to taste the wine but also dissipate the bubbles before swallowing.

3.) A champagne riddler can turn as many as 50,000 bottles in a single day.

2.) The largest bottle size for champagne is called Melchizedek and is equal to 40 standard bottles or 30 litres.

1.) There are approximately 49 million bubbles in a standard bottle of champagne.