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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Fresh Foot Deodorant Powder (3 oz)

Foot deodorant powder, Thai deodorant stone, natural deodorant foot powder by Deodorant Stones of America International. Thai natural - crystal - foot powder deodorant.


It was a great day out and my mother was thrilled. If Mamma is happy than what are you waiting for?

I was secretly worried as here was a restaurant serving my family food that my mother makes at home. No-one cooks better than Mamma. It had better be good. It was decided that we would have Kerasma. It is the name of their four course lunch meal. Everyone shares from the plates as is traditional in any Greek tavern.

The reason we were here was for my mother who is a huge fan of George Calombaris who appears on her favourite show Ready, Steady Cook. We she found out he had a restaurant of his own we all had to go.

My mother was absolutely thrilled. George was a perfect gentleman and he laughed heartily during their conversation. He was duly complimented by my parents as to how good the meal was. Everyone was happy.

Dessert is always my favourite and what a special treat it was too. It came in a long white carton box. Opening this treasure we were to find gold. There was baklava, chocolate baklava and my favourite - loukoumades. These are golden balls of dough deep fried and rolled in honey. I prefer sugar but they were still unbelievable.

On the sidewalk just outside the door was a gleaming gold flap board advertising the restaurant. It looked like something Marie Antoinette would have outside her bedroom door announcing she was in!

There were also incredibly good roast potatoes. My father loved the roasted goats meat. This made me incredibly happy. If my parents were singing the praises then is was exceptional.

The Press Club was voted Best New Restaurant and the owner/head chef George Calombaris was voted best Chef of the Year for 2008 by The Age Good Food Guide.

The Press Club is actually a Modern Greek restaurant. It is inside the former Herald and Weekly Times building on Flinders Street which is a building made of solid gray stone.

The tray was left on our table as the next course came out.

Throughout this meal I had a glass of Veuve Cliquot which was divine. It was chilled and tasted great with everything.

It was the fish course. It had absolutely delicious slices of whiting cooked as I remember them in Greece. So delicious. There were also small prawns fried in their shells and eaten whole. I was a bit skeptical but they were incredibly good too. This course brought back memories of food I ate in Greece. Always dreaming of Greece. The memories were flooding back and all I wanted to do was get on the next flight out!

The Press Club - Delicious Modern Greek Cuisine

First up came a platter of food on a large wooden plank. It had many different home made dips which is the only way to eat them, lovely Kalamata olives - my favourite and pita bread. All delicious.

There are large windows all around the building and peering in; the tables, all quite dark in color again seemed a bit odd. I thought how strange it is that we were going to be eating a Greek meal in such a sophisticated, formal setting.

The next course was a mixture of delicious meats including chicken with pistachio nuts, yum. Being lactose intolerant I received specially made chicken. My sister being a vegetarian received vegies wrapped in filo pastry that was satisfying.

It seemed odd and out of place to have a Greek restaurant in such a modern setting as I am so used to having Greek food in informal surrounds, being Greek that means home, a friends house or a tavern.

As we were enjoying the meals I spied George Calombaris in the kitchen. I quietly whispered in the ear of our waiter who was a lovely young man that my mother was a big fan and if he wouldn't mind asking George to come over and say hello.



The Art of Thai Vegetable and Fruit Carving

Instruction for classic Thai vegetable and fruit carving. An excellent resource for the advanced fruit and vegetable artist. Beautiful color photography. Instructions in Thai and English.


Tea has several properties that aid in weight reduction. Several varieties of tea like the white tea, green tea and oolong tea have weight reducing properties. Caffeine is present in small quantities in tea. It is proven that along with the catechins caffeine aids in weight reduction by using up the extra calories and fat burning. Green tea is the most beneficial tea. It helps to reduce weight and its impetus is much more than white tea. Weight reduction is possible by increasing the expenditure of stored fats and calories and preventing excess calories from entering. Green tea has the property that can increase the metabolism of the body. A higher metabolism level increases the expenditure of calories. Also it prevents excess calories to enter the body. Green tea affects the digestion system. It reduces the absorption of calories by the intestine. As a result the calories are removed through excretion. Oolong tea which has a color in between the green tea and the white tea also have similar properties to reduce weight.

  1. Every morning drink a cup of tea to start your day. It would do no harm if you drink excess tea in the morning.
  2. Eat a proper and nutritious breakfast
  3. This will ensure that your body has the necessary supplements. You will not feel hungry and this will prevent you from over eating
  4. Eat slowly and relish the taste. We over eat most of the time because we eat too fast and do not enjoy eating. Slow eating will help you top know when you have had enough.
  5. Go for workout regularly. This is important to reduce weight. You can have almost 10 cups of tea everyday. Apart from weight reduction this will benefit you in many other ways.

It has been seen that people who drink regularly 7-10 cups of tea everyday have a better health, a fitter body and are leaner. It is advisable to follow this routine to lose excess weight:

Diet Tea To Lose Weight

Tea is the most popular beverage. It is enjoyed by the rich and the poor, the bourgeoisie and the intellectuals, irrespective of their country of origin, their culture or language. It is the taste, the sweet aroma, and the fragrance that has made tea worlds most popular drink for decades.

Invented in china, tea has made its journey the world over much due to the trading by the British East India Company who had colonies set up all over. After their downfall, tea has become a profitable trade in most countries. Traditional beliefs stated that tea has several beneficial effects on health. It has several medicinal properties. However, researches done of late have indeed confirmed the medicinal properties of tea.

One of the most important properties of tea is its effect on aiding weight reduction.

It is a disease recognized by the World Health Organization as disease of epidemic proportions. Poor lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, lack of body movements, and unnecessary stress are the primary causes that have increased obesity among people.

Tea has high quantities of antioxidants like polyphenols and catechins, which are much more powerful than other antioxidants like vitamin C or vitamin E. They prevent the free radicals to damage our body by harmful oxidation reactions. Tea is an important medicine, which helps to prevent cancer, artery blockage, and cures damaged heart.

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