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I'm a classic 'geek' who grew-up with the interet. Indeed, as a trained Scientist (I have a PhD in Biophysics) I've been using the Internet even before it was the internet (since 1988 in fact). I've been involved with large software and analysis projects such as the 'Human Genome Project' so any data analysis and programming project is pretty trivial to me. I'm married to a Sierra Leonian woman (who is the love of ... [More]

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Cooking the Perfect Cheesecake
[Food-and-Drink:Desserts] Cheesecakes have a very long history, with the first recipes recorded during the Elizabethan age, though they were undoubtedly made earlier. The first cheesecakes were made on a pastry base, though modern cheesecakes tend to be made on a crumb crust. Here recipes for a traditional baked and a no-bake cheesecake are presented.

The Recipes and Foods of Germany
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] It has to be admitted that German cookery is not typically counted amongst the world's great cuisines. Partly this is because much of German cookery is regionally based and though there are many commonalities across the country the foods do vary greatly from region to region. As such it is difficult to point towards a German national dish as such.

Protect Yourself From E-Mail Scams and Phishing Attempts
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] As an essentially anonymous medium email is an ideal method of contacting a large number of people. It's also become the communications medium of choice for many individuals. Because of this it's becoming a more and more attractive medium for fraudsters and scamsters. However, a few simple steps can protect you from the vast majority of email scams and these are listed in this article.

Fusion Foods and Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Fusion cooking is the blending of ingredients and cooking techniques from different areas of the globe. Though most people thing of Asian-influenced dishes as being typically 'Fusion' modern Fusion cuisines can represent dishes influenced by the foods of any region of the world. Though South-east Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Indian influences tend to predominate. Here you will learn a little more about fusion cookery and will be presented with a classic Australian fusion dish.

Classic Spice Blends
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Spice blends are an attempt at capturing the traditional spice mixtures used in various cuisines in an easily-used form that can be stored for a long time. Each spice blend is unique and gives the flavour of the culture that produced it. Many of these spice blends are integral to the cookery of the country that produced the blend and to understand the spice mix is to understand the country's cuisine. Here you will learn a little more about spice blends as well as getting two classic spice mixes from the Caribbean and India.

Snacks - History and Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] People love snacks and part of the reason for this is our ancestry. We evolved to eat small amounts of sugar-rich foods throughout the day. Indeed, the foods we crave as snacks tend to be rich in the foods our ancestors' diets were deficient in: fats, sugars and salt. People have been trying to re-create foods with these qualities for millennia. In this article you will learn a little more about snacks as well as having recipes for] classic Roman and modern snacks.

Potatoes and Potato Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The potato is such an important part of our diet that it's hard to credit that it was unknown in the Old World until 1536. Today it provides a significant part of the world's nutrition. Here you will find information about the origins and importance of potatoes, as well as a classic traditional Irish potato recipe.

Cooking With and Appreciating Offal
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Today, we have become detached from our food and many view offal (the internal organs of animals and birds) with trepidation at best, disgust at worst. Yet, offal is an important component of many high-class foods such as pates and many traditional and heirloom recipes. It's time we re-learn what offal is all about and re-introduce this important and low-cost protein source into our diets.

Vegetarian Diets and Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Vegetarianism is based on the subsistence diets of most populations, with dishes of beans and rice providing all the necessary amino acids for survival. Indeed, since the Roman Empire now is one of the first times that people can chose a vegetarian or largely-vegetarian lifestyle rather than having this imposed upon them. However, learning a few rules from our ancestors' subsistence diets can aid in having a modern, healthy vegetarian diet.

The History and Uses of Chillies
[Food-and-Drink] Chillies (also known as chilis and hot peppers) are an amazing and extremely versatile spice. Indeed, in some way they are the 'perfect' spice in that they confer heat to a dish without affecting the flavour.

Disassembling and Repairing Mobile Phones
[Communications:Mobile-Cell-Phone] Mobile phones (cellular phones) are complex pieces of electronic equipment, yet they are constructed in a modular fashion and if you know what you are doing then with a few minimal tools you can learn to disassembly and repair your own phones. This article gives an introduction to the disassembly process.

Warming Winter Soups
[Food-and-Drink:Soups] Soups and winter go together almost synonymously. Indeed, there is something comforting in preparing a hearty winter soup; and something even more comforting in eating it. Here two classic hearty soups are presented, precisely what's needed for the cold days of midwinter.

Sweets and Candies For Christmas
[Food-and-Drink:Desserts] Chocolate candies can make excellent treats and gifts for Christmas, especially if they are home made. Here, a recipe for a chocolate truffle in the form of a Christmas pudding, which makes an excellent after-dinner treat, and a traditional toffee truffle that makes an excellent gift are presented.

Recipes For Classic Sauces
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Sauces are unusual components of meals. Often they do not merit more than an afterthought as they are the natural cooking mediums of stews. Or they're made as an afterthought. Yet, in French-influenced cuisine a sauce is a central part of the culinary experience that adds to the meal itself. Here, two sauces are presented: one classic and one very modern.

The Recipes and Foods of Sudan
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Sudan is the largest of the African countries with a diverse and varied population. This diversity is reflected in the country's cuisine which varies dramatically from North to South and East to West. Here two classic Sudanese recipes are presented as classic versions of Sudanese cuisine.

Recipes For Carbohydrate Staples
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Starches and sugars, collectively known as carbohydrates are an important part of the human diet and provide the majority of the energy from our food. They are also crucial in many aspects of health and maintaining a functioning immune system. Here, two classic carbohydrate-based recipes (for potatoes and bananas/plantains) are presented.

Salad Recipes and Salad Types
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Salads are frequently overlooked as part of a meal, yet this dish has a history going back at least to Roman times and can form a refreshing starter, side dish or even dessert. Indeed, the variety of possible salads is vast and can include raw vegetables, raw leafy vegetables, cooked vegetables, cheeses, fruit and nuts. Here tow classic, but very different salads are presented.

The Recipes and Foods of Tunisia
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Tunisia is both the most northerly and the smallest of the North African nations. The food of this country is diverse, influenced by Berber and Arabic cookery as well as Mediterranean cuisines. Algerian cookery is also notable for its use of hot chillies in a whole array of dishes. Here, two classic Algerian dishes, a traditional couscous and a sweet pastry are presented.

Roasting Recipes - Roasting Meats
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Roasting is probably one of humanity's oldest cooking methods, going back to when meat was roasted directly on a fire. Typically, roasting is cooking in an oven or a closed space with high heat and it's typically used to cook meats. Though fish and vegetables an also be roasted. Here a classic dish of roast pork and a Welsh dish of roast lamb are presented.

The Recipes and Foods of Egypt
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Egypt is an ancient land straddling the African and Asian continents and is typically included in lists of African, Asian and Arabic countries. As might be expected, Egyptian cuisine is very diverse, reflecting this country's long history. Here you will learn a little about Egyptian cuisine as well as being presented with two classic Egyptian bean dishes.

The Recipes and Foods of Morocco
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Morocco is the most westernmost of the North African countries, bordering both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. The country has a long history and it's cuisine is an amalgam of Berber, Arabic and European influences. Moroccan cuisine ranks amongst the world's great cuisines and here two classic Moroccan dishes are presented.

Recipes For Pies and Pastry
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Pastry originated as a means of protecting food (particularly) whilst being roasted in the embers of a fire. In the Middle Ages pastry became an important sauce of carbohydrate in Europe and the arrange of pies and pastries we know today began to evolve. Here you will learn a little about pastry, as well as getting two classic pastry-based recipes.

The Recipes and Foods of Algeria
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Algeria is a North African country that's part of the Maghreb region. The cuisine of Algeria is a mix of traditional Berber, Arabic, Turkish and French traditions which leads to a vibrant and exciting form of cookery. Here you will learn a little about Algerian cookery as well as seeing two classic Algerian recipes.

Pasta and Pasta-Based Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Pasta-Dishes] Pasta is one of the great Italian foods. Whether you make your own version of pasta or buy ready-made and dried it's one of the classic convenience foods that can be converted into a vast arrange of foods. This articles provides a classic recipe for home-made pasta and a traditional Italian pasta-based soup.

The Recipes and Foods of Libya
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Libya is Africa's fourth largest country (by land mass) though 90% of the country is desert. This is an ancient land, and the name 'Libya' is native Berber in origin and is known from Egyptian texts of over 4000 years ago.

Nuts and Nut-Based Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] We are so used to nuts being used in confections, cakes and candy that we forget how versatile this food can be along with just how important nuts were to our ancestors. Here you will see two classic nut-based recipes: for an African stew and an American cookie.

Medieval Foods and Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The typical idea of Medieval foods is a mix of bland gruels and lots of root vegetables. However, the Medieval age is a very long period, extending from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries. It's when the first true cookbooks began to appear and when spices came to be commonly used to flavour foods. Here you will learn a little more about the foods of this age.

The Definition of a Fowl and a Guineafowl Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Fowl are wild and domesticated birds belonging to either the landfowl (eg chicken) or waterfowl (eg duck) families of birds. They represent one of the oldest groups of birds and have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years. Here you will learn a little more about fowl as well as being presented with a classic recipe for preparing guineafowl.

Meat and Meat Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Meat is an essential part of the human diet and it's part of the reason why we developed big brains and complex civilizations. The ability to eat a mix of foods, including meat made humans who we are. Learn a little about our carnivorous side in this article and see a classic beef steak recipe.

The Origins and Importance of Main Courses
[Food-and-Drink:Main-Course] The main course is the most important part of any formal meal, with preceding courses leading up to it. Here you will learn a little more about main courses as well as how they developed in Ancient Rome. In additional a recipe for a classic Roman main course is provided.

Lamb Recipes - How to Cook With Lamb
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Lamb is one of the sweetest an most versatile of the red meats. Typically it is very tender and lends itself to a whole range of cooking methods. Here you are presented with two classic lamb-based recipes.

Traditional Barbecue Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Barbecuing, or cooking meat directly above a flame, is a very traditional cooking method and probably represents humanity's oldest cooking technique. There is nothing like a summer outdoor barbecue and here you will find recipes for a classic kebab and sticky ribs both designed to make the most out of barbecuing.

Making the Most of Game Meats - Braising Venison
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Game is one of the oldest meat types that humans have ever used. However, game animals tend to be very lean and need to be cooked carefully. This article provides some information about game animals and a recipe for cooking venison by braising slowly in dark beer.

The Importance of Fruit
[Food-and-Drink] Fruit have been a crucial part of the human diet for half a million years and more. Here you will learn a little about why fruit are so important and why certain foods are called 'fruit'. You will also learn a little about superfoods, what they are and what the next superfoods will be.

Brewing Country-Style Beers
[Food-and-Drink:Wine-Spirits] Brewing is a process of making drinks with a pedigree that stretches back thousands of years. But of all the brewing methods perhaps the simplest is that for making a country-style or hedgerow beer. All you need is a flavoured infusion of water, a bucket to ferment in, sugar and yeast. This article takes you through the brewing process and gives you a simple recipe for nettle beer.

Fish Recipes - Making the Best of Fish
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Fish are an amazing natural resource that are an important source of food for people the world over. They are all aquatic creatures (live most of their time in water) have gills and fins and are either harvested from the wild (ie caught by fishing) or are farmed in tanks or large salt-water cages.

Eggs in Cookery - The Magic of Eggs
[Food-and-Drink] The egg is one of nature's finest storage foods, packed with protein and fats. Chickens have been domesticated several times throughout human history and they are mankind's commonest domesticated animal, raised for meat and eggs. Here you will learn a little about eggs, why they are important in cookery and how they have been used throughout the ages.

Drinks Recipes - The Quest For Safe Drinks
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] When you examine the history of drinks, what you see is the attempt by human civilizations to render drinking water safe. This article gives an introduction to the ways various civilizations have chosen to make water safe to drink as well as providing two recipes for a fruit juice drink and a spice infusion of lemongrass.

Recipes For Fruit-Based Desserts
[Food-and-Drink:Desserts] The Romans were the first peoples to formally add a dessert course at the end of a meal. Here you will learn a little about why we like sweet desserts and why they all, in one way or another, echo the fruit our ancestors used to eat. You will also see two recipes for classic fruit-based desserts.

The History of Chillies and Their Use As a Spice
[Food-and-Drink] Chillies (chili, chile, aji) is an amazing spice that originates in Central and Northern South America. It was unknown in the Old World until the early 1500 but by 1549 had made its way across the world from Europe through Africa, the Near East and had reached China and Japan. Learn about the history of the spread of chillies and why this is such an amazing spice.

Cheese - A Versatile and Useful Ingredient
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Humans have been making cheeses as long as they have been farming and cheeses represent a versatile and useful storage food available in a staggering array of variants. Learn a little about cheese and discover two classic cheese-based recipes.

Cooking With Chocolate - Chocolate For Savoury and Sweet Dishes
[Food-and-Drink:Chocolate] Chocolate is a spice processed from the seeds of the cocoa tree. It was first used and cultivated almost 3000 years ago and is a mainstay of modern snacks and sweet dishes. But chocolate is a much more versatile ingredient than this and can be used in a whole range of sweet and savoury dishes. Here you will find recipes for a classic chocolate cake as well as a Mexican stew with chocolate.

Classic Curry Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] A curry in a South Asian or Southeast Asian dish of meat or vegetables cooked in a spiced gravy. The traditions of classic curries lie in India (and the name derives from there) but these days curries have become a truly international dish. Here a classic spice blend and classic curry made from it is presented.

Cooking With Chicken - Making the Most of a Versatile Meat
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Chicken is perhaps one of the most versatile meats available to the cook. Partly because chickens grow quickly but also because chicken meat, if cooked properly, remains tender and succulent during the cooking process. Chicken also lends itself to a vast array of cooking methods from stewing to roasting. Here you will learn a little about chickens and chicken meats along with two classic chicken recipes.

Making the Most of Beef
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Beef is a very flavoursome meat, as long as it is well matured, but it does have the cachet of being expensive and to be used only as a treat. Partly this is due to the history of beef as a high-status ingredient. Partly it's due to the cost of the better cuts. But you have a whole animal to consider and this article takes you through the history of beef eating and gives you a recipe for both the best and one of the poorer cuts of meat.

Cooking With Beans - Making the Most of a Versatile Resource
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Beans are a classic storage food and have been a staple of the human diet for millennia. In recent decades, however, we have forgotten just how useful and versatile beans are. Here is a brief description of the importance of beans, with two classic bean recipes for you to try.

Cooking With Hazelnuts
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Hazelnuts are an important part of the Autumn's bounty and humans have been collecting and harvesting them for many thousands of years. Today, however, we tend to use them only as nuts and do not cook with them. To re-dress the balance, here is an introduction to hazelnuts along with some hazelnut-based recipes for you to try at home.

Preparing the Perfect Pastry
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Pastry is one of the most basic components of cooking, needed for pies, tarts and cake bases of many types. It originates in the ancient method of applying a paste of flour and water to baked meats to protect them in the fire. But, in the Middle Ages fats were added and modern pastry was born. Learn a little about the different pastry types and see a recipe for a traditional classic flaky pastry.

The Recipes of Ethiopia
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Ethiopia is one of the most ethnically, geographically and religiously divers countries in the World. Indeed, it's one of the world's oldest countries and the second country to have become officially Christianized. Ethiopian cuisine is also unique and wholly native and here you will find a taster of that cuisine, with a classic bread and stew combination.

The Recipes and History of Halloween
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Halloween has a 2000 year history from the time of the Ancient Celts to the modern day. Learn how the Romans and Christians changed this ancient feast and how it found its way to the Americas. You will also get recipes for a Celtic stew and a pumpkin dish associated with Halloween.

How to Make Jams and Jellies
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] With Autumn approaching, the mind naturally turns to how best to preserve the season's glut of fruit for the coming winter. One of the best preservation methods is to turn the fruit into jams and jellies, which will last you through the winter and well into the following spring. Here you will learn the secrets of making perfect jams and jellies with grape jam being used as an example.

Waffles For Breakfast - The Art of Waffle Cooking
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This article gives an introduction to the history of that classic breakfast food, the waffle, starting form the Medieval European origins to the invention of the classic American waffle. Recipes for traditional and chiffon waffles are also given as well as some ideas of how to adapt and very these classic recipes.

Don't Ignore Breakfast
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day and most of us ignore it. It's when the body re-fuels itself for the day and skipping breakfast actually puts the body in 'starvation mode' and actually reduces brain function and makes weight loss more difficult. Breakfast needn't be complicated, but it should involve a balance of grains and fruit. Here are some ides for simple and nutritious breakfast recipes anyone can make.

Cooking For the Crockpot
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] A crockpot or slow cooker, as it's also know, can be an invaluable piece of kitchen equipment. In essence it's a stoenware or earthenware pot sitting on top of a heating element. With a tight-fitting lid it allows meals to be cooked very slowly over low heat for a long period of time.

Baking Breads With Non-Wheat Constituents
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Bread is a staple to a large proportion of the world's population and, at its simplest, it is a dough of wheat flour and yeast bound with water that uses the yeast as a rising agent and which is baked in an oven. Put this way, it would seem that a bread could be made with any flour. So you might expect Maize breads in the Americas, Rice breads in Asia and Millet or Sorghum breads in Africa. However, this ignores a truly amazing property of wheat and barley grains.

The Origins of Biscuits and Cookies
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Learn a little about the origins of British biscuits and American cookies and how these classic baked goods differ from one another. Also presented is a recipe for a classic American chocolate chip cookie and a traditional British tea-time biscuit.

Baking Without an Oven
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] When thinking of cakes, everyone automatically imagines a recipe for baking. Yet, for hundreds of years before ovens became ubiquitous cakes were being steamed rather than baked. Here you will find a recipe for a classic steamed cake that you can prepare anywhere, even on the barbecue or whilst camping. Wow your friends by giving them a freshly-steamed cake the next time you go camping.

Pizzas Made Easy
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Pizzas have become a staple of modern cooking and a staple of fast food. The known history of pizzas stretch back over 2000 years, from topped flatbreads depicted in Pompeii to the first 'true' Neapolitan pizzas of the 1890s to the sweet pizzas of the 1980s. Here the recipes for a classic savoury pizza crust and a modern sweet pizza crust are presented. Once you can create a pizza crust to perfection then the remainder of the pizza is easy!

The Recipes of Nigeria
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Nigeria has a very vibrant and dynamic culture and this is reflected in the country's food. Staples remain stews ('soups' in West African parlance) and staples based on grains, cassava flour and millet. Here you will see two authentic Nigerian recipes to help you gain a flavour for this country's cuisines.

Baking Tips For Cakes - Cake Baking Made Easy
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] This article takes you through a brief history of cake baking and takes you, step by step, through the elements necessary to have your cakes turn-out perfectly each and every time. You will learn a little of the science of cake baking so that you can make perfectly light and airy cakes each and every time...

Imagination - The Key to Using Wild Ingredients
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Cooking with and incorporating wild ingredients into various dishes is actually simpler than many people think. Rather than searching for a particular recipe written for the wild food you happen to have picked it's much easier to use the properties of the wild food: its taste, texture and nature; to use it as a substitute in an ordinary recipe. Indeed, the true key to using wild-sourced ingredients in your cookery is knowing which common or farmed ingredient they are similar to. That way you just make your ordinary recipes but include a wild-sourced food in the cookery process.

Don't Fear Baking - Making Cakes is Easy!
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Many cooks are apprehensive about baking, thinking it to be an extremely laborious and involved process. Following a complicated recipe and ensuring that everything is 'just so'. In fact, the basic sponge cake recipe is a very simple one and this article takes you through some of the rules and pitfalls of baking and gives you two sponge cake recipes to try. Follow this guide and they will come out perfectly every time.

Soups - Hot and Cold
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The thought of a cold or chilled soup sends shivers up the spines of many diners. After all, soups are meant to be hot aren't they. But, just as a good hot soup can warm you up on a cold winter's day a chilled soup can also serve to soothe the palate and cool you on a hot summer's day. A century ago chilled soups were all the rage, and though we don't tend to make them much these days, there recipes are much in need of a revival. Here a classic hot soup is compared with a chilled soup.

Traditional English Cookery
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Much of what we know, historically, about English cookery originates from the grand houses, as only these recipes were written down in recipes. The food of the 'common man' had to rely on oral tradition to be transmitted through the ages. As a result we know far more about the cookery of the grand houses than the cookery of the common man. This all changed in the Victorian ear with the rise of the middle classes and the adoption of recipes, spices and cookery methods from elsewhere in the world.

Scotland and Traditional Marmalade Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] According to tradition, marmalade came to Scotland in 1797 when Mrs Janet Keiller had to do something with a ship-load of ripe oranges her husband had bought. From this was born Dundee Marmalade and this bitter-sweet product has been a traditional part of Scottish cookery ever since. Here you will find recipes that include marmalade as an essential ingredient.

Wild Foods - Adding a Little Variety to Your Plate
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Those obsessive about wild foods will source a whole meal from the wild. But this is not the way that it's best to start with or even to keep going with wild foods. It's far better to gather a few fruit, wild greens or mushrooms and to add these to your everyday cookery. This way you get an introduction to the range of wild foods available and you begin to extend your cookery by adding wild ingredients.

What is an Ice Cream and How Do You Make One?
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] An ice cream is a cold dessert made, at the most basic level, with cream and flavourings and which is whipped to incorporate air into the mix both before and during the freezing process. However, Italian ice creams (gelati) have more flavour and are whipped less so they contain less air and are creamier. French ice creams (glaces) are based on an egg custard and taste rich and creamy. Find out more about these ice creams and how to prepare them.

Classic Scottish Recipes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Scottish cookery swings from the essential spartan nature of Highland Cookery, where the most is made of scant ingredients, to the richness of the recipes of the East Coast ports and border towns. Here, recipes are provided for a traditional highland meal and this is contrasted with a traditional rich cake.

Great British Springtime Classics
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Spring is the time for new resolutions and to make the best of fresh and new ingredients. Spring lamb and fresh rhubarb are at their best now and these two classic recipes show off these ingredients at their best. Here you will see some of the best of traditional British cookery that will allow you to make a spectacular meal from these ingredients.

Ice Creams And Sorbets - Freezing As A Cooking Technique
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Freezing is often ignored as a cookery technique, yet where would we be without those cold delights of ice creams, sorbets, sherbets and granaches? Here you will find recipes for classic ice cream and a classic sorbet. I hope that you will come to accept that chilling is also is also a valid and vital form of cookery.

Great British Desserts
[Food-and-Drink:Desserts] British cookery is often seen as a joke, yet with the range of available fresh ingredients British desserts are some of the most divine and inspiring in the world. Here I present two classic desserts: one modern and one traditional for your enjoyment.

The Welsh Foods of Patagonia
[Food-and-Drink:Main-Course] In their quest for religious and linguistic freedom the Welsh have travelled and established colonies all over the world. But few of these colonies have been as successful as he one in Patagonioa, Argentina. Now the recipes of the 'Wladfa' represent a vibrant mix of Welsh, Amerind and Hispanic cultures.

The Recipes of Wales Modern and Traditional Foods
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The traditional recipes of Wales are what might be thought of as 'peasant food' the kind of recipes made by the poor who want to make the most out of what little food they had. This, in some respects, has left Wales with a blank culinary slate where some very exciting modern foods, bringing together influences from all over the world have been created. Here I give an example of a traditional Welsh dish and an example of a recipe from the new breed of Welsh cookery.

Make the Most of Mushrooms
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Mushrooms are an amazing foodstuff, neither plant nor animal but a whole kingdom of life all their own. Though many mushrooms are cultivated the vast majority can only be found in the wild. Here you find recipes for both wild and cultured mushrooms so that you can know how to get the best out of them.

Living on the Wild Side of Food
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] When spring comes around nature begins to offer her bounty of wild flowers and wild greens for your table. Many of these are both edible and good to use. Here you will find two recipes that help you make the most of this natural spring-time bounty...

Jam, Preserve, Jelly & Curd - How Do You Make These Preserves?
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] There are many ways of preserving fruit using sugar. Variously these are known as jams, jellies, preserves and curds. Here you will find out the difference between them. You will also see three classic recipes for a jam a jelly and a curd so you can see exactly how they are made.

How To Build A PC
[Computers-and-Technology:Hardware] Are you afraid of your PC? Do you think that it's coo complex or intricate for you to understand? Well, this article is here to dispel these common myths. Learn that the PC is just a collection of standard components the function of which you can understand in less than an hour. Indeed, from scratch you could learn to upgrade and even build your own PCs in just a weekend.

Gwyddbwyll and Tallfwrdd, Ancient Welsh Board Games
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Here I describe two ancient Cymric (Welsh) Board games with a 2000-year pedigree. The games have long-been forgotten but in this article you will gain enough information to create the games for yourself so that you can bring them to life and play them...

Beauty - The Next 'Big Thing' in SEO
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] The field of SEO is constantly changing and evolving. There is always a new trend and a new 'must have.' But search engines are also evolving and the integration of site thumbnails and images in search results means that we will all have to think about SEO in a new way.

Why Spices are Important
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Black pepper is the king of the spices. Learn why this spice is so important in cooking and why humans have been looking for substitutes and equivalents throughout human history.

Recipes With Marsh Samphire
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] This use of marsh samphire in trendy restaurants has made this a prince amongst wild foods and has introduced many people to the delights of foraging. Yet few people know how to make the best of marsh samphire itself. Learn how to preserve this wonderful vegetable and how to make the most of it.

Wild Greens Can Make a Spring-time Treat
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Wild foods are very much the 'Cinderella' ingredients of the chef's repertoire. Most know they exist but few use them or even know which plants are edible. But as spring comes around edible wild foods are in profusion all around us. Learn a little more about wild foods and cooking wild plants today.

How To Cook The Perfect Pork Loin
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] The loin of pork is one of the best and most succulent cuts from the animal. Such a cut of meat needs to be treated properly and with respect. This article gives you two techniques whereby you can cook the perfect pork loin.

Easter Crown Bread
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Easter Crown Bread is a very traditional European Easter bread served at Easter. It's easy to prepare, looks wonderful and makes a great centrepiece for the Easter table. It is also good to eat with coffee or sweet wine late on Easter Sunday.

The Recipes of Easter
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Easter is the major festival in the Christian calendar. But are you aware of the traditions and the foods associated with this festival? Read more to learn about Easter meals and Easter foods.

Pay-Per-Play Advertising - Internet Advertising's New Wave?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] There has been quite a buzz on the internet over the past week about a new advertising phenomenon called 'Pay-per-Play'. In an industry where most hype is about the same old re-packaged information presented in a new guise the advent of Pay-per-Play advertising is something completely new and exciting.

ClickBank, the AdSense Killer?
[Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Much has been written about the demise of Google's AdSense, but is there a viable alternative? Could ClickBank contextual ads be the secret weapon that internet marketers have been looking for?

West African Vegetarian Pepper Soup with Black-Eyed Bean Cakes
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] West African cuisine is unusual in that though meat is a rare and expensive commodity and, as a result most dishes are heavy on vegetable components it's still difficult finding a truly vegetarian dish. Part of the reason for this is that dried fish, fish heads and meat off-cuts as well as animal feet and tails are often used as flavorings for the basic stocks in just about every recipe. The same is true of that most classic of all West African dishes, the chili-laden 'Pepper Soup'.

Christmas Foods to Remember
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] If you're a cook then the beginning of November is the time to start seriously thinking about Christmas. If you are going to bake traditional cakes and puddings then this is definitely the time to start thinking about baking these. Like so many cakes Christmas cakes and puddings require maturing. So it's best to do them now. That way everything is done well in advance and you also have wonderful gifts to bring to family and friends.

Making an Online Income With Clickbank
[Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] Clickbank offers an excellent range of products and it's a great way to monetize your site. But the system is difficult to use and is based around putting vendors in touch with marketers. What if there was a much simpler way of employing ads based on Clickbank that anyone with a website or a blog could use. Well, there is, read on to learn more...

Monetize Your Website and Blog With ClickBank
[Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] One of the main keys to web marketing success is to have as many different income streams as possible. If I told you that you could, in a few clicks, add ClickBank search to you website and that you would earn over 95% of the revenue would you be interested? Well, in this article I'm going to reveal how you can tap into a free resource to add ClickBank as an additional revenue stream to your site.

eBooks, a Cornerstone of Marketing Success
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:E-Books] E-Book sales remain a booming area in internet marketing and it's one of the main ways by which many internet marketers gain a significant portion of their incomes. Indeed, estimated eBook sales in 2006 being $220 million. This is still small potatoes compared with taditional book sales, but current growth in the eBook sales market leads to an estimated sales value for eBooks of between $3 billion and $5 billion in five years' time.

Choosing The Right Directories For Website Submissions
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Submitting your sites to links directories is a good way of gaining page rank and increasing the traffic to your sites. But which links directory should you submit to? How do you know if you have found a good directory. The secret is to look for SEO-friendly directories and this article teaches you what to look for.

The Importance of Page Rank
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Whilst Page Rank remains the main way that Google measures the worth of websites. If you're a new site then you have an uphill struggle getting incoming links so that you can increase your page rank to appear higher up the search engines' results. Learn about what Page Rank is about and find out how to cheaply (and quickly) gain page rank for your site.

Reviews - The Next Big Thing In Internet Marketing?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] Getting your URL published and available is one of the 'holy grails' of internet marketing. But what if you could not only do that but do so in a format that the major indexers love? This is where writing and getting reviews of your site published comes in. This is seen as the 'next big thing' in internet marketing and this article examines why you should fall in love with this form of marketing.

Maximizing AdSense Revenue
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Publishing] The analysis of how people interact with web pages is a science and the information from these studies can have a profound effect on where you place AdSense ad units and how likely users are to click on them. Learn some of the secrets to maximizing the income from your current web pages by optimizing your ad placements.

Africa - the Forgotten Culinary Continent
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Africa is a continent of contrast, no more so than in its cookery. Each country has its own traditions influenced by native populations, but traders and by colonizers. The major regions of Africa also have culinary differences. Here you will learn about some of these influences and see a recipe from North African and West Africa

The Value of Non-Reciprocal Links
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Ever since Google introduced its 'Page Rank' system, which places the value of incoming links to a site as a 'vote' for that site's importance on the internet, webmasters and website owners have been scrambling to gain more and more incoming links to their websites. But how, starting from scratch, do you get your website up there with the big boys?

Are Herbs Important any More?
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Compared with spices herbs are the Cinderella ingredients of cookery. The importance of herbs has been lost as spices have become cheaper and more generally available. Yet we all have herbs in our store cupboard. But do you know the range of herbs available to you and how they can be used in food?

Wild Ingredients - The 'New Black' of Food
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Wild ingredients are currently en vogue in the restaurant industry. What does this mean for the home cook and is it a fad or a shift in perception. Are we really re-gaining the forgotten knowlege from the past?

Many Articles Contain Unfamiliar Cookery Terms, Have You Ever Wondered What These May Mean
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Recipes derive from countries all around the world and the basic techniques of European cookery are based on French and Italian methods. As a result many recipes and cookery books may contain a range of terms that are cookery-specific and which you may not know. The aim of a cooks' glossary is to both bring these terms to the attention of a wider public and to make them understandable.

Protect Your E-mail by Obfuscatoin
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] Spam is the bane of anyone who's businesses involve the internet. If you publish your email on your website then it will be harvested and used by spammers. Learn how to protect your email and fool the spammers' email harvesters.

Recognize The Top 10 Email Scams And Protect Yourself
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Security] Spam or unsolicited emails are a modern nuisance but it's surprising how many people still fall for the various cons in these emails. But fraudsters are becoming cleverer and the scam emails may now be directed at you personally or may purport to be forwarded from a friend. Here I will briefly take you through the top ten fraud email strategies so that you can recognize the scams and protect yourself.

eBay Misspelled Auctions Can Make Your Real Money
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Auctions] Using the appropriate tools you can search eBay for misspelled items and make money from then. This article tells you all the steps you need to apply the formula I have used to make an income for eBay for yourselves.

Understanding Credit Cards
[Finance:Credit] Those tiny oblongs of plastic called credit cards are an ubiquitous part of modern life. In fact, they're a necessity for joining the modern consumer society. But do you really understand what credit cards are and how they work? Read this article to find out more.

Mobile Phones - How they Work
[Communications:Mobile-Cell-Phone] The mobile phone has become an ubiquitous accessory for the twenty-first century. We all have mobile phones, yet how many people have stopped to consider how they actually work? Did you know, for example, that a mobile phone is actually a form of two-way radio? Were you aware that neighboring cells use different frequencies and that phones need to switch frequencies as you move from one cell to the next in a network?

Internationalizing Your Websites
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Large websites such as google internationalize their pages by 'knowing' where their surfers come from. Did you know that with some very simple code you, too, can do the same thing. Never lose antother sale simply because you're displaying ads or affiliate links from the wrong territory.

Roman Duck and Damson Sauce Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Roman recipes may well be ancient in origin,many being written down in the first century AD by Marcus Gavius Apicius. It is interesting how 'modern' (and eatable) these ancient recipes are!

Using Misspellings to buy items Cheaply on eBay
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Auctions] Of the tens of thousands of items sold on eBay every day a significant proportion have misspelled titles and descriptions. These items do not appear on standard eBay searches and if you can find them you can buy them cheaply.