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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Bouillabaisse – the history, and a modern recipe
There are many poor people’s meals that have been transformed into haute cuisine, with expensive restaurants and celebrity chefs vying for the right to claim that they are the only ones to offer the real thing at outrageous prices. Bouillabaisse … Continue reading
Vendée Globe – textbook rescue of Yann Eliés
The Vendée Globe organisers’ faith in the experience and competence of the Australian Navy when it comes to rescues in the southern ocean was fully justified. Rather than wait for a naval doctor, the frigate Arunta set out with a … Continue reading
Figgy Dowdy – pudding and well
Up on a hill in Cornwall, beside the road from Redruth to Lanner, there’s an ancient pagan well called Figgy Dowdy’s Well. It has a beehive stone roof and steps down to clear water, and used to be a favourite … Continue reading
Vendée Globe – Yann Eliés fractured left femur
Yann Eliés fractured his left femur while working in the bow pulpit, when the boat decelerated rapidly from about 18 knots. Initially, he crawled back to the cockpit and radioed for assistance. Later, he managed to get below and into … Continue reading
Vendée Globe – one stretcher case, three limping wounded
Mike Golding, having proved his tactics by taking the lead after LoÏc Peyron dismasted, has now lost his own mast. That makes three battered boats sailing to Perth, and one is still pretty flaky. Local workers created a steel structure … Continue reading
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