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Food - Recipe : Tuna Mornay
Tuna Mornay Recipe - Mix up some tuna, bacon, milk, eggs plain flour and chop in an onion and you have a fast and nutritious meal.
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Health - Migraines
In Australia the Centre for Applied Economic Research at the University
of New South Wales put the cost of migraines at between $302 million
and $721 million a year. This is apportioned to loss of productivity
and medical costs.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 41
A Bright and bouncy lighter style red to enjoy
slightly chilled over a
long summer luncheon platters of Mediterranean fare, tapas or antipasto
is the 2008 Pepperjack Stylus.
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Actress - Scarlett Johansson
Born November 22 in 1984 in New York City, this
Danish-American actress and singer has risen to fame quicker than you
can say "Paris Hilton gave
me VD", thanks largely to those lucious pouty lips that make women
jealous... and men weak at the knees.
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Food - Pineapple
Surprise Recipe
Pineapple Surprise recipe - a tangy, sweet dessert
smothered in a layer of chopped almonds and serves between 8 to 10.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 40
Back in the 1960s former rear-gunner on RAAF
Lancaster bombers, Peter
Robertson planted vines on his property at Barwang near Young on the
South Western Slopes of the Great Dividing Range, to supplement his
wheat farming.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 39
At Essenze Wines, winemaker Corey Ryan chose fruit
from the region’s
Awatere Valley for its steely and racy minerality, and from the Wairau
Valley for its intense passionfruit and refined melon-citrus flavours.
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Food - Recipe
: Sweet & Sour Pork
A traditional Asian dish - Sweet & Sour
Pork. Served with plain boiled rice and you can enjoy the flavours of
Asia.
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Food - Greek
Roast Lamb with Potatoes Recipe
A delicious Greek roast for a Sunday lunch. With a
few twists to a traditional Greek Lamb Roast. Most notably no lemon or
extra water, but Spanish onion and lots of garlic added. You will
absolutely delight in the flavours that come from this dish.
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Careers - How
to Become a Wedding Planner
Got a wedding planned and would like it to run
without a hitch AND save money then this Accredited course will provide
the skills to put you on the right path. It also provides the first
formal step in a potentially lucrative career in this field.
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Food - Tasty
Chop Recipe
Tasty Chops recipe - So simple but it adds a new
dimension to the humble chop.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 38
David Hook Wines have built up a nice reputation
for single varietal
reds and whites since being established in the Lower Hunter Valley by
David and his family in the 1980s.
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Food - Chocolate
Mousse Recipe
This Chocolate Mousse recipe is rich and
chocolatey and so sweet to
eat and, better still, so few ingredients and after som melting, some
mixing and some folding and refrigitation ready to eat.
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Arts - Tim
Burton - Art At ACMI
Tim Burton is the second Melbourne Winter
Masterpiece exhibition at ACMI after Pixar : 20 years of Animation,
which broke international attendance records in 2007.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 37
Quite a few of makers suggest on their back-labels
popping some of
these reds in the fridge or in the ice-box an hour or so before
opening, and Joe Grilli at Primo Estate in McLaren Vale has now gone
one step further.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 36
This elegant wine has beautiful aromas of mulberry
and plum and a rich
palate of dark fruit flavours and tannin ripeness; exceptional value at
$22.99 to enjoy with braised lamb shanks and parsley-infused mashed
potatoes.
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Food - Recipe
: Carrot Cake
Soft, moist and yummy and, being a Carrot Cake,
will improve your
night vision. Easy to make and good for snacking or serving up on the
coffee table when entertaining.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 35
Riesling was another variety to take a hammering
in the survey, and
interest-ingly it was women leading the charge on Sauvignon Blanc (as
well as better sparklings and lighter reds.) A majority of men still
preferred reds to whites.
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Food - Recipe
: Boiled Pinapple Fruitcake
Our recipe for you to try if you're game is a
boiled pineapple
fruitcake. Rich, fruity and moist, a perfect boiled fruitcake. Get in a
bit of practice before tackling the Xmas Pudding.
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Literature - Tony
Martin - A Nest Of
Occasionals
Web Wombat's Sean Lynch caught up
with cult comedy hero, Tony Martin (from Radio's Get This! and TV's The Late Show)
for this exclusive interview as he embarks on the release of his second
book - a unique collection
of tales called A Nest
Of Occasionals.
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Hunk - Robert
Pattinson
British-born Robert Pattinson is the next big
thing. Already being
touted as the hottest 'hunk' this year, he could be a modern day Marlon
Brando or a reborn Brad Pitt. Sara Templeton takes a slightly biased
look at the life and times of the newest Hollywood heartthrob.
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Food - Recipe
: Chicken Cacciatora
A finger licking good
Chicken Cacciatora. A dish with all
the right ingredients to sate your appetite an make you feel contented.
With chicken, tomatoes, garlic, herbs and wine to taste, it's a
delicious dish.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 34
Put your money on it: with the predictions of a
coming long hot summer,
more of us will be reaching for the fridge when the call is for a glass
of red.
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Food - Recipe
: Italian Style Spaghetti
An authentic Italian spaghetti recipe with mince
steak, capsicun,
tomatoes and more traditional ingredients. This one was sent in by one
of our readers. If you have some traditional recipes and would like to
share, then drop us a line.
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Relationships - The Perfect
Mother?
There
are many different types of mothers: young and old mothers,
single or married mothers, mothers-in-law and stepmothers, ill or
deceased mothers, close-by or far-away mothers, funny or serious
mothers.
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Health - Iridology
- The Eyes Say It All
Looking into a persons eyes, can give you an idea
of how healthy and what type of mood they may be in. Iridology offers
an alternative idea on how to improve your health.
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Food - Strawberry
Cheesecake Recipe
Strawberry cheesecake
recipe - A rich politically
incorrect dessert. One to make you smile as it delights your tastebuds
and pricks your
conscience. Made from some very basic ingredients like chocolate ripple
biscuits, cream cheese, sugar and jelly, to name a few. Put a hold on
the diet with this one we think.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 33
Jim Wolfensohn is one of our more unusual
winemaking characters:
Aussie born and raised, he spends most of his life in New York’s heady
world of finance, including Presidency of the World Bank from 1995 to
2005.
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Models - Victoria's
Secret Angels
Having
scoured the world for information on the latest and greatest models,
for some reason, all roads seemed to lead us back to one place of
interest : Victoria's Secret.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 32
One of those Clare Valley makers, Peter Barry of
Jim Barry wines
remembers it well. “We were fed up producing some of the world’s
finest, most delicately and freshly flavoured Riesling, only to open
bottles that had been cork-sealed and find our great wines corked,
oxidised or just obviously dull,” he says.
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Food - Recipe
: Minestrone Soup
A hearty Italian vegetable soup which differs
between regions. It's
said, minestrone should be so thick a spoon would stand up in it.
Although this one is not that thick it is still a rich, hearty soup.
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Model - Jennifer Hawkins
Jennifer Hawkins is one Australian model that has
made it big in the cut-throat world of modelling & fashion. And
she is one happy woman too, as she has been appointed the face
of Myer for the next four years here in Australia. Congratulations
Jennifer!
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Food - Recipe
: Fried Potato Balls
Another simple and inexpensive dish to make with
little effort and in a short time. Serve as a side dish to the main
course or as nibblies when guests arrive or when
feeling a little peckish.
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Food - Recipe
: Baked Cheesecake
For those who love the decadence of a good dessert
come afternoon tea or while sitting watching TV after a hearty evening
meal, washed down with a good quality cup of coffee or tea. Supplied by
one of our regular readers.
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Model - Rachael
Finch
Our entrant in the 2009 Miss Universe Pagaent was
up there with the best the world could offer. Although she didn't pull
off the Crown she showed the world what class, intelligence and beauty,
plus some hidden talents, we have here.
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Food - Recipe
: Chicken With Rice or Pasta
This easy to make dish is designed for the
time-strapped single or couple who would love to be able to come home
and knock up something simple and nutritious from basic ingredients and
leaving little to clean up later.
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Wine - Out Of
The Bottle : Volume 31
An unseasonally cool February after moderate
mid-summer conditions in the Adelaide Hills in 2008 certainly gave
makers there plenty to think about, but there was worse to come in
March when conditions swung to one of the longest heatwaves history.
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