STARTER: SWEET POTATO WEDGES WITH FRESH GUACAMOLE DIP A tasty starter that gets the digestive juices flowing and aids detoxification and recovery processes in the body. Avocados are rich in potassium (good for nerve and muscle function) and vitamin E (blood production and immune system). Their fat is monounsaturated, so is quickly absorbed and a [...]
Warm WATERS of the Crystal River, heated by warm springs, attract more than a hundred manatees each winter; in summer the animals disperse. A sanctuary beyond the orange floats protects shy animals from human activity. Three no-entry areas at Crystal River (map), one at Blue Spring, and reduced-speed boat zones in other manatee-favored areas have [...]
Among the more lethal effects of this close relative to the well-known drug LSD, there is the feeling of being turned into an animal; so the innocent peasant, with no knowledge or experience of witchcraft, could find himself experiencing the hallucination of being turned into a toad or wolf just through eating the grain. There [...]
For centuries the toad was believed to be evil incarnate poisonous, repulsive, and a familiar of witches. FRANK SMYTH reveals the truth behind the legends about this unfortunate amphibian THE TOAD has for centuries been linked with magic and witchcraft. Used as an ingredient in witches’ concoctions, it was supposed to give them powers [...]
This January choose glamour or real life… Kick off with Glamorama (Picador), the new novel from Bret Easton — a wild ride with a celebrity-obsessed New York crowd … White witches don’t come any better looking than Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in Practical Magic, the perfect girls’ film… No telling if it’s real life [...]
Before there was Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and Narciso Rodriguez, there was Perry Ellis. From the moment he founded his eponymous label in 1978 until his death in 1986, Ellis was one of the most influential forces in American fashion. And now the brand that was madeover by Marc Jacobs in the early Nineties (the [...]
