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Having always had a major interest in writing and music,I am lucky enough these days to have an outlet for both. On the music front I play in a couple of bands, these days mainly at a local level. My writing seem to sprawl across a wide range of genres and

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Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs Cooking uses and healing properties of sage: 5 of 17
Sage, thats the herb that goes with the onion to make a stuffing for the Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, isnt it? Well thats probably as much as most people think about this most versitile of plants, but thousands of years before Pilgrims sailed to America, and turkeys found their way to the European dinner table, people a... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) The best way to cook trout: 17 of 35
Trout is a fish that really does need attention to detail in the cooking process and doing it wrong can not only spoil the taste, but can put you off trout as an option. My recipe needs the following to make it a success: White wine a light and delicate wine is perfect. Shallots. Butter. Olive oil. Salt and Pepper Provincial... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs A guide to hot and spicy peppers: 9 of 18
A very general guide to chilli peppers is that the smaller the pepper the hotter the flavour. There is a way to control the heat when cooking with them by simply removing all of the seeds and then added them back in subject to your own taste. Even within one type of pepper it is not safe to assume that they will all conform ... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs Uses for Basil: 8 of 11
Basil is an aromatic annual that reaches about two feet tall, looks like its relatives, the mint family, only with more branches and which blossoms white or purple in summer. It will grow easily from seed in well drained and composted soil and should be planted after the frosts have been. Basil's big advantage especially to ... More..