Author: Marco
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Mini (and other) cars found in the streets
I like to photograph reflections in car windscreens. Unintentionally, it seems that my eye has been attracted by Minis mostly. Urban cityscapes (English and Dutch) found their ways in my viewfinders, reflected in the polished paints. Film or digital, the result is in the following gallery. The images can be bought on iStockphoto by…
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Pasta e sardine
I would never recommend any lengthy pasta dish: I am lazy. And this is quick and easy, provided you have access to the right ingredients. It isn’t easy to find good, boneless and skinless sardines but, if you do, you can boil them, broken in small pieces, in the juice of one lemon, until this…
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England is the darkest country in the world
Often the vocabulary is just the heritage of the culture and the things surrounding us. For example, “pizza” is spelled the same in English and in Italian, yet it means two very different things such as a food by-product in the former language and a fantastic experience involving all the senses in the latter. It…
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The “bread” in Tesco
I noticed today that Tesco does not indicate anymore “contains flour treatment agent” on the bread. Perhaps all the types on sale are real bread: hardly! Just a step back in the path of information to the public. http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/ Bakers, bakeries… ridiculously nonexistent in Great Britain. Ever heard of Greggs and their “baked in store” slogans? And made……
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HSBC are using my tea cups photo
Two cups of tea on a table | Stock Photo | iStock. I found today this image of mine used by HSBC (Hong-Kong & Shangai Bank Corporation) on their website. Actually, those were not really tea cups: they were ice-cream cups by Guzzini. As such they did not last long and after a while they…
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Photos | The windows of Durham
Apart from looking around and eyeing the decrepit (oops… in need of restoration or house improvement) houses, what else can you do, when walking in Durham with a camera? The effects are picturesque and textured.
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Quick pasta recipe with cured ham – Ricetta con prosciutto crudo
Ingredients: Diced prosciutto crudo (from a thick-cut slice of Norcia’s or San Daniele’s ham), chopped chives, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper, cold linguine. Ingredienti: Prosciutto crudo a dadini, erba cipollina sminuzzata, olio, succo di limone, pepe, linguine fredde. The image is available on iStockphoto!
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Medicine (pills and capsules) on iStockphoto
On iStockphoto.com I have a small lightbox of medicinal capsules, pills, tablets.
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Il giovane Montalbano – Ritorno alle origini
I have translated from Italian to English the subtitles for the third episode of the first season of new Camilleri’s TV series. This is the file.