Film blogFilmQuiz: Jurassic Park – test your film knowledgeIt's 20 years since the release of Steven Spielberg's dinosaur adventure. How well do you know Jurassic Park?ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ6ZobpwssilpJukn5x8ssHIs2ZraGFofKvBzWhoamehqra7ecmuqZqro56wbrzAq6I%3D
The new veganCurryWant new ways with veg? Look to Sri Lanka’s curries for inspirationOne of my favourite cookbooks is a Sri Lankan one called The Exotic Tastes Of Paradise, by Felicia Wakwella Sorensen. The cover is exactly how I imagine culinary paradise to look: piles of coconuts, bananas and pineapples, with fronds of palm trees coming into view. Inside, the recipes are just as evocative: you could have Coconut Fantasy, Orange Temptation or Fireworks Lime Sambol. Read More...
The Tim Dowling columnFamily‘I’ll never eat another courgette in my life,’ the oldest says
Three days after I poisoned myself and my family with homegrown toxic courgettes, I still don’t feel right. I can’t face pulling up six plants and disposing of them, partly because my stomach still pitches and rolls at the sight of courgettes.
The poison responsible, I have since learned, is naturally present in courgettes, but can rise to toxic levels if plants cross-pollinate with wild cucurbits or certain types of ornamental squash, causing a bitter taste, nausea, cramps, potential hospitalisation and occasionally death. Read More...
