Annie Kapur
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Apple and Almond Tart
So I spent the first half of Sunday making pancakes (of course, for my mother) and then I baked an apple and almond tart. Did I have to use a recipe from someone else? Nope. This is something quick and simple that you can do with a little bit of patience and a lot of ease. If you're looking for a quick dessert that's filling and tasty then I'd go with this, serving suggestions include:
By Annie Kapurabout 9 hours ago in Feast
Book Review: "Consuming Passions" by Philippa Pullar
I don't know why I picked this book up, perhaps because it was cheap. But I can honestly say that between this and the book The Feast in which there are multiple poems and writings on food, I have learnt more about food culture from two books than I have learnt at any other time in my life. I was first thinking about splitting this review into 'parts' because the book itself has a lot of information in it. But I don't want to spoil it for you and I think you're all sick of me doing that for now. Fun fact: I'm not going to stop. Consuming Passions starts with the Roman appetite and has some of the best writing about food and eating I have ever read. Some of it is rather beautiful.
By Annie Kapurabout 17 hours ago in Geeks
Surprise! "Filled Up" Lemon Cupcakes
There are a few parts to this recipe so make sure you give yourself a bit of time and, make sure you have some baking beads available - they're usually used to blind bake a pie crust but you're going to need them for the cake here. You're also going to need some mini cupcake cases or extra greaseproof paper - this is about to get weird.
By Annie Kapura day ago in Feast
The Island of Dr Moreau by HG Wells
Background and Context: You guys probably already know that 'The Island of Dr Moreau' is my favourite HG Wells novel and it has one of the most twisted storylines in Victorian Fiction. It takes the 'mad scientist' trope and turns it into something that blends it with a classic villain from the movies with a cult leader, drunk off his own sense of power. It's a really short book and really easy to read so please, if you haven't read it yet I would recommend getting stuck into it when you have some time. You definitely will not regret it. I've written multiple things about this book in my previous articles, praising it for its incredible themes and its fantastic blend of Sci-Fi and horror. Something that really characterises the era it was written in.
By Annie Kapura day ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Palace"by Gareth Russell (Pt. 5)
This review covers chapter 18 to the end of the book *** Chapter 18 covers the reign of Queen Anne, the final queen of the Stuart household and mostly seems to look at the idea that she could barely marry, she had lots of miscarriages and in the end the only child she had lived to eleven years' old and so, she had no heir. There were many questions of Queen Anne's marriage, from her husband participating in homosexual affairs to the ideas put forward in the film The Favourite in which it is Queen Anne who is homosexual and promiscuous. Whatever it was, I definitely feel sorry for Queen Anne - everything must have hurt by the end of her reign, too many pregnancies and miscarriages meant her health was declining quickly towards the end. It's quite sad.
By Annie Kapura day ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Palace"by Gareth Russell (Pt. 4)
This review covers chapter 13 to chapter 17 *** Chapter 13 is the Queen's Bedchamber and covers the sicknesses of King James' wife - Anne. She is consumed by something after the birth of her last child, bleeding and pain is everywhere. But the doctor's don't actually know what it is: is it gout? is it malnutrition? is it something to do with her female reproductive organs? Who knows. Some diagnosed it as dropsy. But it is said that she still came about in public until she could no longer do so - still doing her public duty through intense amounts of pain and fever. Still decked out in jewels more expensive than entire cities in her country.
By Annie Kapur3 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Palace"by Gareth Russell (Pt. 3)
This review covers chapter 7 to chapter 12 *** We're carrying on with our review of The Palace by Gareth Russell and I cannot lie, I am devouring this book so thoroughly I might just go back and read the whole thing again. Chapters are named after rooms, whispers are carrying gossip from chamber to chamber, ladies in waiting are also ladies of intrigue, there's so much to digest. I love Gareth Russell's writing as well, it makes for such interesting reading as I feel like I could shut my eyes and watch Edward VI participating in jousts and games in a place like Hampton Court, made for entertainment.
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Geeks
The 'Zero Tolerance' World
It has occurred to me recently that the amount of 'zero tolerance' posters in shops, restaurants and cafes has increased. So what is a 'zero tolerance' poster? It is a poster that states that there is zero tolerance in said establishment of abuse towards members of staff. That the abuse will be treated with police intervention and that there may also be criminal prosecution where necessary. I may not go out and about often but I have noticed a massive increase in these signs basically stating 'please don't beat up our staff' as if someone is going to go in to punch in the head of the Starbucks barista, sees the sign and rethinks his/her stance. I think body cams might be a better deterrent or even allowing the member of staff to retaliate in an appropriate manner. People are less likely to smack the Starbucks barista if they find out that the woman making their coffee has a black belt in some ancient martial arts and is allowed to put their knowledge to good use.
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Psyche
Alopecia Isn't Just Hair Loss...
I don't know whether I've said this in passing comment before on my reviews, but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere: for the past few years I've suffered with alopecia and it has increased in its charge against the system in the last 18 months for reasons I'm not willing to discuss right now. But in the last 18 months alone I have had seven blood tests, two dermatological scans and most recently, you guessed it, another blood test. So, we all know that alopecia is all about hair loss and as you can imagine, I have lost an awful lot of hair. In my first struggle with alopecia it was clumps of my hair that came out, but more recently it was a more 'drop everything' approach where I would more than often wake up with less and less hair every day until finally - yes, I have no hair. It's all wigs.
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Journal
Book Review: "The Palace"by Gareth Russell (Pt. 2)
This review covers chapter 4 through to the end of chapter 6 *** We've covered people such as Elizabeth of York, Thomas Woolsley, Martin Luther and even Anne Boleyn but now it is time to move on from these figures. It is proven that Gareth Russell has done such an incredible amount of research here and the book itself is a fantastic achievement of nonfiction literature regardless of your personal feelings towards the royal family. Gareth Russell's writing and insight makes the book even more intriguing to read as he offers us arguments to consider, thoughts to ponder on and stories of whispering gossip that lurk inside the walls of this great palace.
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Palace"by Gareth Russell (Pt. 1)
This review covers the introduction to chapter 3 You know how much I love books about royal history. No, that doesn't particularly mean I enjoy the monarchy the way it is at the moment. I do however, enjoy how the monarchs were once, even as recent as Queen Elizabeth II, were involved in the political landscape of their country. So, it only makes sense to read a book about one of the most important places in the whole of England - Hampton Court. The Palace covers the 500 years from its building to the modern day, including all the great and worrying things that happened there over this time. It was intriguing.
By Annie Kapur6 days ago in Geeks
