You will learn that chocolate has been properly tempered once you see that it’s shiny, creamy, and rich and once you bite into it; there is a sharp crispiness to that bite. Chocolate tempering is the stage whereby chocolates are melted , cooled down, and worked on at precise temperatures.
All manufacturers of chocolates temper […]
Graffiti has had a mixed press over recent years. On the one hand, talented creatives such as Banksy have made walls a place to put a political point across, using stencils to produce technically tricky artworks loaded with a subtle meaning attached.
So, you have that wooden chair with one or two loose legs or rungs. The chair is too nice to throw away and you don’t want to take the whole thing apart to fix one or two loose dowels or legs. And at the same time, although you leave it out for family, […]
How would you like the chance to use the skills you learnt decades ago… if you could find the right kind of practical challenge? You can you know.
Not all that many years ago, just about every home had a backyard shed or workshop; the shed was a special place which the practical man about […]
In the quiet of the arctic night
In its deep northern skies,
Dim are the lights, in its cold
Evening frost…!
Even the stars of the arctic
Seem silently stone frozen!
Here, here is where you find
Peace and the beast within!
Remote, no ears or words
To clutter the mind
To entrench the throat;
Here, here is where you die…
(for a moment).
Here, the sky has […]
