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Food & Drink > Pasta, Grain & Rice Recipes Recipes: Spaghetti Carbonara: 2 of 9

Spaghetti alla carbonara is a Roman favorite and probably the quickest and easiest pasta dish you could ever make. If you do not have spaghetti you could use another long pasta shape such as linguine, fettuccine etc. There really are not many ingredients but they combine to make a delicious meal. Serves 4 1lb / 450g spaghett...
Food & Drink > Soups & Stews Recipes: Your best soup recipe: 20 of 78

Soupe aux Poireaux, pommes de terre. Leek and potato soup. This is the soup recipe I find myself returning to again and again. If you have never made homemade soup before, this is a good recipe to start with. It has simple ingredients, is fairly easy to prepare and it makes a lovely, tasty soup for a cold day. The ingredient...
Food & Drink > Desserts Recipes: Chocolate cake: 8 of 29

Easy Chocolate Cake. This really is an easy chocolate cake to make and is in fact my favorite recipe for chocolate cake. It has a rich chocolate flavor and the texture is moist not dry, unlike some other chocolate cakes. I cook the mixture in two 7-inch cake pans and usually layer the two halves together with a chocolate but...
Travel > Greece Destinations A visitors guide to Paleokastritsa, Corfu: 1 of 3

Paleokastrisa is on the Greek island of Corfu (Kerkyra) which is off the northwest coast of mainland Greece. Corfu is at the point where the Adriatic meets the Ionian Sea. It is also the nearest Greek island to Italy and is so close to Albania you can see it quite clearly from the northwest coast of the island. Corfu is a ve...
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice The currency of Belgium: 1 of 3

What is the currency of Belgium? It is the Euro. Belgium is one of the 16 member states of the European Union that uses the Euro. There are also 11 European Union member states that do not use the single European currency. Belgium is one of the six founding members of the European Union; the other founding members are France...
Home & Garden > Home Interior Decorating tricks to make a small space look larger: 8 of 20

When you only have, a small space to decorate, you will want to try to give it a light and spacious feel. One way you can do this is to choose your colors carefully. As artists know, different colors change how we perceive distance. Warm colors give a feeling of advancing towards you, while cooler colors appear to recede.Art...
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice The currency of Japan: 1 of 2

What is the currency of Japan? It is the Yen. Japan was one of the earliest countries to use money, with the use of Chinese coins as far back as the Yayoi Period 300BC- 300AD. In 708 AD, Japan issued its own series of twelve copper coins (Kochosen) over a 250-year period. The Japanese Court want...
Travel > United Kingdom Destinations Travel destinations: Maiden Castle, Dorset, UK: 1 of 2

Maiden Castle is in the county of Dorset, which is on the south coast of England. It is about two miles to the south of Dorchester town center. It is open all year round, every day of the week with no admission charge and there is a large free car park at the site. If you go to Maiden Ca...
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice The currency of Portugal: 1 of 2

What is the currency of Portugal? It is now the Euro. Portugal is one of the 16 member states of the European Union that uses the Euro. There are also 11 European Union member states that do not use the single European currency. Portugal has been a member of the European Union since 1986, and it joined the European Exchange ...
Food & Drink > Meat How long to roast turkey: 1 of 2

Turkeys are not difficult to roast, but can even make even an experienced cook feel stressful as the turkey is more often than not the centre piece of the most important family meals of the year. There is no need to worry, keep to a few simple rules and cooking the turkey for the correct time will one less thing to worry abo...