Best Sailing Trips For Your Bucket List

Whether it’s sailing around the Dalmatian coast or navigating your way through the Turkey’s turquoise waters, we list the best sailing trips you need to take this summer. Set sail on the Turquoise Coast The Turkish coastline is starting to make a name for itself as the “new” Croatia or Greek Islands. A haven of sparkling…

ByThe Carousel26/06/2015

Entertaining & Wine

Don Beach Mai Tai

INGREDIENTS 30mls Appleton 8YO 20mls Havana Club Blanco 15mls Cointreau 15ml lime juice 30ml grapefruit juice 2 dashes Angostura bitters 1tsp sugar 1 dash Absinth/Pernod (optional) METHOD 1 Shake with ice and strain into a double rocks glass full of ice (crushed if you have it). 2 Garnish with four large mint sprigs The Carousel thanks Aloha Sailor for this recipe.

ByThe Carousel26/06/2015

Luxury Travel & Leisure

Petra Segreta Resort and Spa: Sensational Sardinia With The Queen Of Shops Mary Portas

We leave the delightful village of San Pantaleo and begin our approach to Petra Segreta Resort and Spa. A winding dirt road snakes through scrubland strewn with hulking volcanic rocks. My Blackberry shows no reception. Commencing a vertiginous climb, we follow teeny tiny signs directing us to Petra Segreta Resort and Spa high in the…

ByThe Carousel26/06/2015

Parenting

Dr. Anna Cohen: ‘Raising Good Boys Into Great Men’

Being a parent is a challenge. It challenges your competence, your energy and your emotion as all children will be hard work, or difficult at some stage. They will notoriously test how elastic our boundaries are and how far they can be pushed. Our kids aren’t perfect; none of us are perfect; and I am…

ByThe Carousel25/06/2015

Entertaining & Wine

Aromatic Moroccan Lamb Stew With Chickpeas & Spinach

Let this hearty and healthy lamb stew fill your home with the spicy aromas of North Africa. Apricot-studded cous cous completes the meal in mere minutes. INGREDIENTS Stew 800g stewing lamb (such as shoulder), cut into 1" pieces 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tbs ground coriander 2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tbs olive oil 1 onion, finely diced 1/2…

ByThe Carousel25/06/2015

Entertaining & Wine

Potato, Black Olive And Herb Fougasse

This recipe is very similar to the earlier one for olive fougasse, but this is made with a more complex poolish dough.My main intention of including it here is to illustrate that, irrespective of the traditional methods and flavours used in the recipe, it’s the type of recipe that will suit most flavours and toppings…

ByThe Carousel25/06/2015

Cruising Travel & Leisure

Go With The Glow On A Danube Cruise

There are few better ways to explore Europe than by luxurious river cruise, but for those who are interested in health and wellness there is a doubly fabulous option that will leave you with a post-holiday glow like never before – a 13-day wellness-themed cruise aboard Avalon Waterways’ Blue Danube Discovery river cruise. Starting in…

ByThe Carousel25/06/2015

Entertaining & Wine Quick & Easy

Baghdad Eggs With Quinoa

Serves 4 Preparation time 15 mins Cooking time 15 mins INGREDIENTS 8 eggs 2 cups cooked quinoa 40g butter 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tsp ground cumin 1 lemon juice 2 tbsp fresh mint, chopped 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese Toasted flatbread METHOD 1 Preheat oven to 180o Celcius. 2 Lightly grease 4 x 1 cup capacity baking dishes with a little butter. 3 Divide the cooked quinoa between the…

ByThe Carousel24/06/2015

Fitness Nutrition Wellness & Health What's On

Dry July: Here’s How To Nail No-Drinking

The amount of calories in alcoholic drinks consumed by Aussie’s each month equates to enough fat to fill three Olympic size swimming pools The average Aussie drinker enjoys 10.5 standard drinks per week = 4,143 calories consumed per month = half a kilo of fat Aussie drinkers suffer hangovers once a month, lasting 8+ hours…

ByThe Carousel24/06/2015

Homes

How To Start Your Own Community Garden

This extract from Richard Unsworth's book Garden Life explains how to start your own community garden. If you are thinking about starting your own community garden, here are a few tips... Creating your own community garden The most important thing is to get together a group of like-minded people with a shared vision for the community garden, and…

ByThe Carousel24/06/2015