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2014 November

Smoked salmon & cream cheese rolls

Prep 15 min - Cook 0 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

Serve before a meal, finger food or with drinks these rolls are always popular. Be careful, while you are making these lovely morsels they tend to…

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Joan Armatrading – me, myself, I

Mind Music / 1980 / Pop / 3.16 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Villefranche Sur Mer, France / LoadingBookmark

Me, Myself, I is the title song to the album of the same name. The album was the highest ever chart placing for Armatrading in the UK and US. Born Joan Anita Barbara…

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Confucius – rising

Mind Quote / Zou, Lu state, Ancient China / 551 BC – 479 BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Sky, Kosciusko National Park, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

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Scott Hicks – shine

Mind Movie / 1996 / Biographical Drama / Set in Australia / 105 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Beach, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

Shine is a biographical drama based on the life of pianist David Helfgott played by Geoffrey Rush. Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor…

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Salami & tomato marinade

Prep 5 & 5 min – Marinate 30 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

This type of dish is usually served as a starter or as part of a few dishes which are served as an antipasto…

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Joshua Foer – feats of memory anyone can do

Mind Education Link / 2012 / Talk / 20.29 min / Mind feature – Joshua Foer / 1982 – present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Odeon of Herodes Atticus Ampitheatre, Acropolis Athens, Greece / LoadingBookmark

Joshua Foer is a freelance journalist who focuses on science. In this TED talk Foer describes his interest in the feats of memory when he went to cover the US Memory Championship…

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Mushrooms in lemon marinade

Prep 10 min – Marinate 3hrs / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

Mushrooms in lemon marinade is a simple dish and a great accompaniment to most dishes, added to a salad, sandwiches or part of an array of vegetable dishes…

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – begin it

Mind Quote / Frankfurt, Germany / 1749 – 1832 / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph – Blue Lake, Jenolan Caves, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”

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Andrea Bocelli – con te partiro

Soul Music / 1995 / Popera / 4.09 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sunset over Mykonos, Greece / LoadingBookmark

Con ta Partiro was first sang by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Festival and recorded that year. He has made a second version in English with Sarah Brightman and third in Spanish called Por ti volare…

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Nelson Mandela – freedom

Soul Quote / Mvezo, South Africa / 1918 – 2013 / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain / LoadingBookmark

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

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Brian Percival – the book thief

Soul Movie / 2013 / Drama / Set in Germany / 135 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Arthouse book & candle, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

The book thief is an American – German movie set in World War Two and is based on the novel by Markus Zusak. It follows the story of a young girl who is adopted…

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The beatles – here comes the sun

Mind Music / 1969 / Folk Rock, Pop Rock / 3.05 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Sun over Supetar, Croatia / LoadingBookmark

Here Comes the Sun is a song written by George Harrison and appears on the Beatles Abbey Road album. George Harrison reportedly after feeling frustrated…

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