Two months old Alaskan Malamutes Chiara & Ghost

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Front courtyard garden design with plants and pots

So you want to make Russian style Easter eggs that look like this, sort of like speckled glass. This is so easy. Step 1: Have safe food colouring and small plastic sandwich bags on hand and boil th…

Italian illustrator Daria Petrilli’s digital artworks hearken back to the countryside retreats described by Flaubert… by elewarne

Just the scent of this soup is healing. You start by sauteing garlic and ginger in sesame oil then add chicken, vegetables, both and noodles. As the aroma of sizzling ginger fills your kitchen, things start to look up. A small smile plays at the corner of your lips and you’re reminded, once again, in the great power of cooking. I’m a firm believer in the power of homemade chicken noodle soup and bubble baths to cure just about anything. This isn’t just any old chicken noodle soup. Call it pho. Call it chinese chicken noodle soup….call it whatever you like, I’m convinced this Asian-themed soup is both medicinal and delicious. In my book, there’s a chapter dedicated to the time when I was studying abroad in Paris and fell horribly sick. There’s nothing worse than being sick away from home, and being in a foreign country where all you can say is “I’ll take a table for four, please” is downright awful. I remember so vividly coughing and sneezing my way through a morning writing workshop before being led by the arm by one of my professors through the winding streets of the Left Bank to Chinatown. Together, we …

Ceramic restorer and artist Bouke de Vries tells Zaneta Cheng how he sees beauty in the broken and blends a multitude of cultures in his sculptures.