Fond of baking and try out new recipes at home? Then bookmark this recipe for the next time. This easy dry cake recipe will give you the perfect date cake right at the comfort of your home. Don’t want to buy those frosting loaded cakes from the market? Ditch them all and bake your own cake at home for birthdays, parties and road trips. You can also adjust the ingredients…
Bored of the usual boring breakfast options? Then try this super delicious and chocolaty breakfast bowl, which will give you enough energy in the morning to sail through the day. If you are someone who is too lazy in the morning or if you don’t have time to prepare breakfast in the morning, then all you need to do is make this recipe at night and leave it in the…
Craving a scrumptious but healthy snack? Just grab a handful of ingredients from the kitchen and make this no-fuss Chilli Garlic Paneer recipe. If you are a paneer lover, then you need to try this lip-smacking paneer recipe right away. You can serve this Paneer dish as a snack or an appetizer. Be it kids or adults, everyone will love this flavourful cottage cheese recipe for sure. You just need…
Are you trying to stay in shape by following a Keto diet, but often crave for something really tasty, healthy and low on calories? Then we have got your back! Here’s a simple yet delicious chicken recipe, which can be made in just a few minutes without putting in much effort. To make this easy chicken dish, you need to marinate the chicken, slice up some lemon, add a burst…
They say that eyes are windows to the soul. Indeed, research suggests this might also be true for our four-legged friends. Since the days of our most celebrated natural historian, Charles Darwin, humans have been interested in how animals communicate via their facial expressions, and how different species might express themselves in similar ways. However, it wasn’t until relatively recently that scientists began to study animal faces systematically, to understand what this might…
Twitter’s been on fire with people amazed by cats that seem compelled to park themselves in squares of tape marked out on the floor. These felines appear powerless to resist the call of the #CatSquare. This social media fascination is a variation on a question I heard over and over as a panelist on Animal Planet’s “America’s Cutest Pets” series. I was asked to watch video after video of cats climbing…
A French bulldog named Kokito recently died aboard a United Airlines plane after a flight attendant ordered his owner to place him in an overhead bin. Public outrage ensued. Proposed bipartisan legislation, now pending in the Senate, would make airlines pay fines for such incidents. Democrat Marisol Alcantara, a New York state lawmaker representing Manhattan, even drafted a bill of rights for animal passengers. As a researcher interested in how society treats animals, I recently worked…
Present in every culture throughout the world, folklore consists of the traditions, customs and heritage of different lands. These lands are made up of different communities with variations in aspects of folklore such as music, dance and crafts. In Celtic and traditional Irish folklore, landscape plays an extremely important role. Each region of Ireland contains its own unique landscape. For example, the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, the forests and mountains…
To say that I was perplexed by my boyfriend’s decision to move to Birmingham, Alabama for a two-year fellowship is an understatement. Born in America but raised in Syria, I would have been less surprised to hear that he was moving to Bahrain than to the heart of America’s deep south. Nevertheless, I’ve since been utterly charmed by Birmingham, endearingly called The Magic City. It has deep ties to culture…
Tenerife is in Spain’s idyllic Canary Islands. It is a place full of natural paradises but many of them can only be reached on foot. Some of the most beautiful Tenerife hiking trails are in the north of the island and allow you to get to know a wide variety of landscapes. A good example is the Anaga Rural Park. It is one of the most popular destinations for hiking enthusiasts who want…