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Taste Try & Enjoy

Eten & Drinken 2010 was supposed to be the ultimate chance for people to explore the gastronomic flavours of the future. A simple name, a big event… but in my opinion a lot of hot air. The restaurants on show were lovely: like a haute cuisine foodcourt. Yet the claim of so called ‘flavours of [...]

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Oven-roasted tomatoes

An excellent source of vitamin C, which helps protect the body against infections.

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Spicy vegetable & surimi rice paper rolls

Preparation: about 45 minutes
Makes: 16

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The Bounge Party

Last night we held a birthday party for Suzanne and Jaimy at The Bounge in Delft. The night was great, good company and good music…. well eventually and the food was yummy yet sefrved a bit too late at times but hey the booze flowed freely and everyine had a great time. Thanx everyone for [...]

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The boy who sees without eyes

This is a documentary about a boy (Ben Underwood) who has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world

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Coca Light Tribute to Fashion

I want every single ones of those Coke Light Bottles !! Eight Italian fashion designers (only women) Donatella Versace, Alberta Ferretti, Anna Molinari for Blumarine, Veronica Etro, Silvia Venturini for Fendi, Consuelo Castiglioni for Marni, Angela Missoni and Rossella Jardini for Moschino, have teamed with Coca Cola for fund raising campaign in support of the [...]

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Inspiration vs Motivation

These days finding inspiration is easy with help from hundreds of design blogs. With a few simple clicks you have an endless supply of inspiration right at your fingertips. The real trick is finding motivation and, further more, staying motivated. Please do not get the wrong idea. Inspiration can serve as great motivation, however there is more to it. Staying motivated is a practice and requires more effort than ambiguously cruising for inspiration.

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Tomato and fennel soup with haloumi croutons

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a deep-sided frying pan over medium heat. Add fennel and garlic to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Add the tomato and stock and cook for a further 6-8 minutes or until thickened slightly.

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Panoptic initial presentation

As part of the development process our architect Ebami Tom (Panoptic) has just presented his concept visions for our rooftop extension plans. I have to say we were pleasantly surprised by the amount of detail and thought that went in to the concepts. Of course our ideas and feedback tonight will also be integrated as [...]

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We’re in heaven

Planning a roof top extension ain’t easy, this is our journey…

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Spiral Wine Cellar

Ever want a wine cellar but don’t have the space or money to build one? The Spiral Cellars design/build firm will dig a hole right in whatever room you want your cellar in and haul the dirt right out the front door. In the remaining void they infill a highly functionally and visually dazzling spiral-staircase [...]

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Socialnomics, Are You Ready?

The juicy hard facts about social media networking… it is the way stupid.

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Quad Safari Turkey

Quad Safari Kemer, Turkey. A trek through the Taurus Mountain range near Antalya (view the Quad track on Google Maps). Jaimy managed to crash his quad twice; once by carrying a can of ice tea that shook so much that it exploded in his lap that caused him to loose control and second time around [...]

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Diving with Grey Nurse sharks, Sydney Australia

A birthday pressie from Suzanne… lovely! No truly. Diving with these grey nurse sharks of the beach at Maroubra, Sydney Australia was an experience to cherish. Not scary at all, just in awe of these beautiful awesome animals.

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