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Recipes

Sicilian zeppole

In Sicily people like to eat their zeppole on the 11th of November, the day of St. Martins. This delicious fried dessert warms all family gathering around that day. Ingredients Preparation Step 1: dissolve the yeast into the water Add the fresh yeast to the water and stir well until it’s dissolved. Step 2: incorporate […]

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Recipes

Homemade vegetable bouillon cubes

Ingredients There are four elements you need to make homemade vegetable bouillon cubes: vegetables, aromatics, fat, and salt. The ratio between the salt and the other ingredients should be 1/4. In this recipe I used 1 kg. of vegetables and 250 gr. of salt. I prefer to keep my homemade vegetable bouillon cubes simple to […]

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Design

Special mention at the Newday 2021 Hackathon

If you have never been part of a hackathon before, it’s a lot to take in. If you have, well, you know what I am talking about. A full-on experience like no other, sleepless nights and an opportunity to make friends for life. Helping people move forward with credit NewDay is the business behind established […]

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Solidarity

World AIDS Day Red Run in support of HIV services

Since 2009, the World AIDS Day Red Run has raised money in support of HIV services across the United Kingdom. It is a 10k/5k charity fun run and 5K walk hosted by PositiveEast. Every year, usually the last Saturday of November, thousands of runners and HIV allies gather in Victoria Park, London. “The Red Run […]

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Design

Config 2021, Figma evolves the design collaboration with FigmaJam, a new mobile app, branching and audio messages

Config is the annual global design conference by Figma, and in 2021 it was held completely virtually. Figma has demonstrated to be more than a design tool, it’s all about scalability and efficient collaboration. Config 2021 was a great opportunity to launch several new features on Figma that will help enlarge its product spectrum. The […]

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Books

Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto

By Banana Yoshimoto Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan’s brightest young literary star and is now a cult film. When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan’s most prestigious literary prizes, […]

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Books

Interviewing Users, Steve Portigal

How to uncover compelling insights By Steve Portigal Interviewing is a foundational user research tool that people assume they already possess. Everyone can ask questions, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Interviewing Users provides invaluable interviewing techniques and tools that enable you to conduct informative interviews with anyone. You’ll move from simply gathering data to uncovering powerful […]