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 I have been sharing recipes in one way or another since about 2005.  I started off on AOL Journals. I had a page called Marie's Muses. It didn't take long for me to recognize that people loved it when I shared a recipe. I was working as a Chef at the time and was always cooking and always had something tasty to share.AOL Journals then became defunct and so I moved over to Blogger and had a blog called A Year From Oak Cottage. I lived in a Cottage on the Manor Estate where I worked as a Chef, called...

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 One of my favorite vegetables (and I have never made any secret about this) is the humble potato.  I cannot get enough of them.  I enjoy them in any way shape or form.Boiled, steamed, fried, baked, roasted, mashed, you name it. If there is a potato involved I am all in!    I think the potato has to be one of the most versatile vegetables out there.   They can form a basis, or a canvas as it were, for many other textures and flavors.   They are often used to make alcohol. (Vodka, Potcheen or Akvavit).  You can use them to...

Inside How to Travel Organized: The prospect of packing for a trip can be stressful. Follow these simple packing tips to make the whole process a little less painful. How to Travel Organized Stressed out at the prospect of having to pack for your next vacation? You aren’t alone. In a recent poll of travelers, 41 percent of respondents said that packing was one of their top stressful travel moments (the only moment that scored higher was going through airport security!). If you’re traveling with a family, chances are good that your packing duties are even more intense if you’re...

Maksym Medvinskyi/ShutterstockThe Tōhoku earthquake of 2011 remains the strongest in recorded Japanese history. It created a tsunami that towered over 40 metres and dismantled coastal flood defences in north-eastern Japan with ease, taking the lives of around 16,000 people. Japanese authorities, wanting to better protect communities in future, chose to build bigger defences. Concrete walls that span 400km and reach nearly 15 metres high in places now line the coast to resist incoming waves and allow enough time for residents to evacuate in the event of another tsunami. They were recently tested by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck off...