Thursday, January 28, 2021

Iconic Wedding Cakes



Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, 1947




Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1960



Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon wedding cake


Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, 1973


Prince Charles and Diana, the wedding cake 


Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson wedding cake


Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones wedding cake


Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding cake


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle


Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s wedding cake


           Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello's Gorgeous Five-Tier, Floral Wedding Cake

Passionfruit and Lemon Tart with Burnt Sugar


Serves 6

Sweet Pastry

125g unsalted butter

100g caster sugar

1 egg, plus two yolks

250g flour

Passionfruit And Lemon Filling

2 cups cream

½ cup sugar

1 lemon, zest only

3 egg yolks, plus two eggs

175ml lemon juice

85ml passionfruit pulp, whisked and seeds strained

caster sugar

whipped cream, to serve

3 passionfruits, halved, to serve

Take a medium-sized mixing bowl and cream the butter and sugar together until pale in colour. Add the egg and stir to combine. Next, lightly mix through the flour until dough forms. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate until required.

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 28cm diameter by 3cm height round flan tin. Cut out a circle of baking paper to place in the bottom of the tin.

On a lightly floured bench, roll the pastry out to a 5mm thick round. Gently lay the pastry into the flan tin and press into the edges. Using a knife, trim the excess pastry from the lip of the tin. Rest in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. This will prevent the pastry from shrinking when you bake it.

Blind bake the pastry shell for 20 minutes until slightly golden, using baking paper weighted with beans, rice or similar. Remove the paper and weights, turn the oven down to 150°C and continue to bake until the base is cooked and crisp (about 10 minutes). Beat the yolks lightly and brush around the inside of the tart and return to the oven for a minute. Remove from the oven and cool. (The yolk will create a protective membrane and prevent any possible leakage.)

Turn oven temperature to 120°C.

For the filling, gently heat cream, sugar and lemon zest together in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved.

Whisk eggs and yolks together in a mixing bowl. While whisking continuously, slowly drizzle the hot cream into eggs a little at a time until fully combined. Stir through the lemon juice and passionfruit juice, before straining custard through a sieve. Let custard sit for 5 minutes and skim any froth off the top.

Fill your pre-baked shell with custard and bake for 45-50 minutes until the tart is just set. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Refrigerate once tart is completely cool.

Sprinkle a healthy layer of caster sugar over your tart and “brûlée” with a gas blowtorch until dark and close to burnt in places.

Portion up with a hot knife and serve with a dollop of cream and half a fresh passionfruit on the side

RECIPE: . Brought to you by MiNDFOOD

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The windows of the houses – even if the house is ramshackle – are always beautiful because windows represent light!


You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It's not flashy like the others, or bleary—your window gives off this nice, quiet light.     

Banana Yoshimoto



The window of opportunity opens and closes as fast as a camera's shutter.     

Warren Criswel



If you want the people to understand you, invite them to your life and let them see the world from your window!     

Mehmet Murat ildan


All the windows of my heart I open to the day.     

John Greenleaf Whittier


Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air, new lights and new truths to enter.     

Amit Ra


Enlarge your windows till you get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!     

Mehmet Murat ilda


My favorite journey is looking out the window.     

Edward Gore


A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.     

Dejan Stojanovic


Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.     

Edith Wharton


 

Miss World Title Holders


 In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, and was dubbed "Miss World" by the media. The pageant was originally planned as a Pageant for the Festival of Britain, but Eric Morley decided to make the Miss World pageant an annual event. Morley registered the "Miss World" name as a trademark, in 1959, the BBC started broadcasting the pageant. The pageant's popularity grew with the advent of television. During the 1960s and 1970s, Miss World would be among the most watched programs of the year on British television

                       Miss World Of 1951 – Kiki Håkansson Sweden



                

                           Miss World Of 1952 – May-Louise Flodin Sweden


                                                                             Miss World Of 1953 – Denise Perrier France


                       Miss World Of 1954 – Antigone Costanda Egypt



               Miss World Of 1955 – Susana Duijm Venezuela



                    

                       Miss World Of 1956 – Petra Schürmann Germany



                   

                  Miss World Of 1957 – Marita Lindahl Finland


                Miss World Of 1958 – Penelope Anne Coelen South Africa


                  Miss World Of 1959 – Corine Rottschäfer Netherlands


                       Miss World Of 1960 – Norma Cappagli Argentina


                      Miss World Of 1961 – Rosemarie Frankland Wales


                            
                    Miss World Of 1962 – Catharina Lodders  Netherlands


                             

                  Miss World Of 1963 – Carole Joan Crawford Jamaica




                      Miss World Of 1964 –Ann Sidney England



                        Miss World Of 1965 – Lesley Langley England



                             Miss World Of 1966 – Reita Faria India


                         Miss World Of 1967 – Madeline Hartog-Bel Peru


                       Miss World Of 1968 – Penelope Plummer Australia


                Miss World Of 1969 – Eva Rueber-Staier Austria


                  Miss World Of 1970 – Jennifer Hosten Grenada



                 Miss World Of 1971 – Lúcia Petterle Brazil



                  Miss World Of 1972 – Belinda Green Australia




                    Miss World Of 1973 – Marjorie Wallace Indiana




                      Miss World Of 1974 – Anneline Kriel South Africa




 Miss World Of 1975 – Wilnelia Merced Puerto Rico

 

 Miss World Of 1976 – Cindy Breakspeare Canada



Miss World Of 1977 – Mary Stävin Sweden



               Miss World Of 1978 – Silvana Suárez Argentina



   Miss World Of 1979 – Gina Swainson Bermuda


                   Miss World Of 1980 – Kimberley Santos US


                     Miss World Of 1981 – Pilín León Venezuela


                Miss World Of 1982 – Mariasela Álvarez Dominican Rebublic 

                                      

                  Miss World Of 1983 – Sarah-Jane Hutt UK




Miss World Of 1984 – Astrid Carolina Herrera  Venezuela



Miss World Of 1985 – Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir Iceland



Miss World Of 1986 – Giselle Laronde Trinidad and Tobago



Miss World Of 1987 – Ulla Weigerstorfer Austria



Miss World Of 1988 – Linda Pétursdóttir  Iceland



Miss World Of 1989 – Aneta Kręglicka Poland



Miss World Of 1990 – Gina Tolleson US



Miss World Of 1991 – Ninibeth Leal Venezuela



Miss World Of 1992 – Julia Kourotchkina Soviet Union



Miss World Of 1993 – Lisa Hanna Jamaica


Miss World Of 1994 – Aishwarya Rai  India


Miss World Of 1995 – Jacqueline Aguilera Venezuela


Miss World Of 1996 – Irene Skliva Greece



Miss World Of 1997 – Diana Hayden India


Miss World Of 1998 – Linor Abargil Israel


Miss World Of 1999 – Yukta Mookhey India




Miss World Of 2000 – Priyanka Chopra India



Miss World Of 2001 – Agbani Darego Nigeria



Miss World Of 2002 – Azra Akın Turkey



Miss World Of 2003 – Rosanna Davison Ireland


Miss World Of 2004 – María Julia Mantilla Peru


Miss World Of 2005 – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir Iceland



Miss World Of 2006 – Taťána Kuchařová Czechoslovakia 



Miss World Of 2007 – Zhang Zilin China


                          Miss World Of 2008 – Ksenia Sukhinova Russia


                     
  Miss World Of 2009 – Kaiane Aldorino Gibraltar

Miss World Of 2010 – Alexandria Mills US


 Miss World Of 2011 – Ivian Sarcos Venezuela


Miss World Of 2012 – Yu Wenxia China


Miss World Of 2013 – Megan Young US


Miss World Of 2014 – Rolene Strauss South Africa


Miss World Of 2015 – Mireia Lalaguna Spain


 Miss World Of 2016 – Stephanie Del Valle Puerto Rico


Miss World 2017 – Manushi Chhillar India


Miss World Of 2018 – Vanessa Ponce de León Mexico


Miss World Of 2019 – Toni Ann Singh Jamaica




THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR