Your Culinary World

Jeremy Irons Asked Why Our World is TRASHED

We buy it, we bury it, we burn it and then we ignore it. That is how the world deals with trash - all those wrappers, papers, bottles, medical supplies, cans, car pairs, broken parts, TVs, computers, plastic bags and the pile grows higher and higher and higher and higher...until

"Ignore it" is the key phrase, the convenient phrase, that action that makes it seemingly easier until we start to count the overwhelming cost, a cost that the award winning actor and activist, Jeremy Irons, explores in the new film TRASHED.

No matter where you live or where you work, take seriously our responsible for this planet: Recycle/Reuse. It is our choice to make - shall we live in a garden or a dump? Where do you wish to dine, to work - among mounting heaps of garbage? Where will your children (and your children's children) play?

We decide, we define our world, with each choice, with each item we so carlessly toss OR thoughtfully recycle!

Your Culinary World copyright Ana Kinkaid/Peter Schlagel 2013

Gender Cupcakes Grow in Popularity as Kate and William Await Baby’s Birth

Currently all of England is involved in waiting for the birth of Britain’s newest prince or princess.

And while Kate and William may be occupied with getting the nursery ready, England’s bookmakers are taking bets on everything from the baby’s sex to the baby name chosen by the royal couple.

In olden days, to borrow a phrase from Cole Porter, everyone would be wishing for a boy as only a male could ascend the throne to become the future royal ruler.

Thankfully that male-only tradition has faded away and now the first child born, regardless of its sex, can step into the line of royal succession.

But it’s still fun to guess: Will it be a prince or princess? And that has resurrected a charming English culinary tradition not seen since the birth of Diana’s own beloved sons, Princes William and Harry – Gender Cupcakes.

Hidden by frosting inside each cupcake is a sweet insert of pink (it's a girl!) or blue(it's a boy!) frosting.

When mixed and served at afternoon teas and birth wait parties, each guest declares their internal cupcake color and a tally is made. According to tradition, the winning color number will predict the child’s sex.