Finnbiff or Reindeer Stew - My Little Norway. Reindeer is synonymous with Sami culture and life but the Norsemen have certainly cottoned onto the goodness of reindeer cuisine. A dish that is an icon of Norwegian culture is finnbiff or reindeer stew. This rustic meal is perfect for cold Winter nights and packs you with energy for the next day of playing in the snow. The dish has some unusual methods to create its earthy flavour. No onions or garlic are used (or needed) to enhance the flavour, nor any stock. The one-pot stew cooks fast and doesn’t need thickening. To make finnbiff, Norwegians use thin reindeer shavings. People often think that fresh is best rather than freezing meat, however, finnbiff needs to be frozen to get such thin shavings. The reindeer shavings (defrosted), chopped bacon and mushrooms are browned in a pot. Crushed juniper berries, sour cream, milk, thyme, and brown goats cheese is added.
The brown cheese adds a caramel flavour. Finnbiff / Reindeer Stew Recipe. Black Forest ham rolls recipe | Dan Lepard | Baking. Cheese and ham-loaded rolls that you can bake and eat almost without a pause. I bought most of the ingredients at Lidl, but you'd never know. 100g rye flour300g strong white flour1 sachet fast-acting yeast¾ tsp salt1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped1-2 tsp caraway seeds50g unsalted butter150ml warm water1 medium egg, beatenWhole grain mustardEmmental cheese, gratedBlack Forest ham, chopped Put the flours, yeast and salt in a mixing bowl and toss together.
Gently fry the onion and seeds in the butter until soft, then remove from the heat, stir in the water and egg, and pour into the flour. Mix to a soft, even dough. Roll the dough to about 30cm square, spread with mustard, then with a generous spread of grated cheese and chopped ham. Danlepard.com/guardian. Turkish lamb flatbreads recipe | Marcus Wareing. Anatolian goodness in a chunky, flavoursome wrap. The secret to this recipe is the spice, herb and soy marinade, which enhances the meat's succulence.
Serves 4 4 Turkish flatbreads For the lamb4 lamb fillets (approx 100g each), sliced into 1cm slices2 tbsp soy sauce1 tsp ground cumin1 garlic clove, finely crushed1 tbsp golden syrup¼ bunch rosemary, finely chopped1 tbsp vegetable oil For the saladMixed salad leaves200g Greek yoghurt2 tbsp mint sauce½ a cucumber, peeled, deseeded and gratedSalt and black pepper 1. 2. 3. 4. Herb soup recipe | Yotam Ottolenghi | Food and drink. Yotam Ottolenghi's herb soup: Soft herbs don't always have to be treated a garnish – whole bunches of the stuff go into this winning soup. Photograph: Colin Campbell for the Guardian Once upon a time, you could hardly buy herbs in this country.
Then, with the help of chefs and other enthusiasts, they began to appear in our shops and markets. These days, of course, you can get dozens of varieties, but even so, I think people here are too careful with herbs, seeing them only as a garnish and never as ingredients worthy of taking centre stage. 5 tbsp olive oil2 medium onions, peeled and roughly chopped2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed2 tsp ground turmeric1 tsp grated nutmeg1 tbsp dried mint500g baby spinach25g parsley (whole, leaves and stalks)25g coriander (whole, leaves and stalks)1200ml vegetable stock200g Greek yoghurt10g fresh coriander leaves, chopped10g fresh mint leaves, chopped5g fresh parsley leaves, chopped200g fetaSalt and black pepper.
Jason Blumer: Don’t Believe the Lies : CPA Trendlines. CPAs brainwash themselves. Here’s how to fight back and finish strong. Jason M. Blumer by Jason M. BlumerTHRIVEal +CPA Network I hear it all too often from the old guard retiring: “I’m worn out,” or “we are merging because we don’t have the stamina to make the last 5 years,” or “I’m too old for all of these techy changes,” or “developing the next set of partners for our firm is just too time consuming.” It seems the end of a public accountant’s career is steeped in misery, being “worn out” and adverse to change. I’m 15 years into my career now with another 30 to go, and that outlook is not very appealing to me. I believe we’ve been lied to, and I believe most younger professionals have believed the lie that public accounting is boring, it “wears you out” and you’ll be running from the profession when you finally get to retire. 1. 2.
What’s True As an encouragement, and to mirror the lies above, there are some things that are true about our industry, and how we can finish strong: 1. 2. Crystal Umbrella. Paper - Avoiding the shoebox: managing expenses in small and... Managing employee expenses can be one of the most irritating tasks a small or medium-sized business can have. Tracking receipts and accounting for spend incurred can be a real hassle - not to mention the headache of sorting through travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses from employees. More than ever, small businesses need to efficiently control costs and optimise cash flow, but how, and what role does automation play in this process? When most people think of expense reporting, they think of travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses. However, for small businesses, the need for an expense claim solution can go beyond T&E expense management to the everyday business expenses (e.g. utilities, office supplies, advertising, etc.).
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The first slice of determining the personality type is whether the person is an extrovert or an introvert, which broadly cuts along the lines of whether they’re a talker or a listener. This is really important as extroverts like to have the answers presented to them up front. For extroverted people I recommend that entrepreneurs have an “executive summary” slide up front that cuts to the chase. I try the polite version first. 2. 3. 4. Experiments - How musical are you? JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011. Social Media & Public Relations - 5 Reports. Monday I shared tips on how to leverage Google to find disparate, useful resources for use with sourcing content on blog posts. Working with my new blogging partner in crime, @DFolkens, this post is an output from following that advice.
In many companies, social media efforts are managed by those in Public Relations. While social technology reaches across all communication channels in all departments, there’s an inherent fit between PR and “being social.” As Public Relations firms and the PR functions within companies try to make sense of the sheer volume of advice on “social this” and “social that” being published on blogs, newsletters, mainstream media and trade publications, I’ve used Google search to find 5 useful reports giving strategic to practical advice on how Social Media and Public Relations intersect. Enjoy: Pew Internet & American Life Project: The Future of Social Relations Social Media Comes of Age: The Vocus 2011 Planning Survey. Mushrooms with sourdough croutons recipe | Yotam Ottolenghi.
Here's an alternative to bland old grilled mushrooms. These mushrooms – use any you like – are hearty yet full of zest, with loads of herbs to liven them up. You can leave out the lemon juice or sour cream, if you find the acidity a bit too much in the morning, or add to the dish by serving the mushrooms with soft scrambled eggs. Serves 2 4 tbsp olive oil3 thin slices of sourdough bread (80g in total), torn into small pieces1 small red onion, thinly sliced400g mixed mushrooms, cleaned and kept whole or sliced depending on size2 cinnamon sticks3 sprigs of thyme70ml waterJuice of ¼ of a lemon (optional)10g (2 tbsp) each of dill, coriander and parsley, chopped 1½ tbsp sour cream (optional)Salt and black pepper 1.
Stuffed peppers with fondant swede and gruyère recipe | Yotam Ottolenghi | Vegetarian cooking. Yotam Ottolenghi's stuffed peppers with fondant swede and gruyère: Comfort food incarnate. Photograph: Colin Campbell for the Guardian It's a mad time for me. I'm opening a new restaurant, Nopi, in Soho next month and my mind is occupied with nothing else day and night. Recipes, tables, linen, glasses, cocktail lists, food processors, veg suppliers, salt and pepper mills: all fill my head when I'm awake and torment my dreams. It's exhausting. The only upside – and it's a big one – is that it's also a very creative period. I came up with the idea for this dish after Ramael Scully, Nopi's head chef, made the ultimate comfort dish of fondant swede with melted cheese and savoy cabbage. 3 small red peppers3 small yellow peppers1 swede (about 600g), peeled150g unsalted butter1 tbsp picked thyme leavesSalt and black pepper200g sourdough bread 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed2 tsp capers300g aged gruyère, cut into 1cm cubes, plus 20g extra to grate on top 5g roughly chopped parsley.
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Here’s what you can do: 1. Instead of simply answering the question in full right on LinkedIn Answers, create a remarkable blog post answering that user’s question. If you’re a HubSpot customer, you can easily find relevant LinkedIn questions to answer via the Social Media tool" target="_blank">Promote > Social Media tool . 2. When linking to your own blog within LinkedIn Answers, be careful not to be spammy. 3.
At the end of each of your answers, include a signature, including your name, your blog URL, and even something like your Twitter URL. 4. The Experimental Life: An Introduction to Michel de Montaigne. Que sais je? (Photo: BLT) This is a guest post by Ryan Holiday. At age 21, Ryan became Director of Marketing at American Apparel, the largest clothing manufacturer in the United States. He gets more done than five average people combined, and practical philosophies help to make it possible. In this post, Ryan introduces another of his guiding mentors, the fascinating (and practical) Michel de Montaigne… Enter Ryan Holiday In late 1569, Michel de Montaigne was given up as dead after being flung from a galloping horse. As his friends carried his limp and bloodied body home, he watched life slip away from his physical self, not traumatically but almost flimsily, like some dancing spirit on the “tip of his lips,” and then return.
Maybe you don’t know anything about this man, Montaigne; perhaps you know him as the bane of your high school existence for inventing the word “essay.” The Big Idea: Ourselves As A Job 3 Things We Can Learn From Montaigne 2) Keep a Commonplace Book 3) Que sais je? Best Web Analytics Tools: Quantitative, Qualitative, Life Saving! | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik. What?s A Startup? First Principles. ? Steve Blank.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill Everyone knows what a startup is for – don’t they? In this post we’re going to offer a new definition of why startups exist: a startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. A Business ModelOk, but what is a business model? A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value. Or in English: A business model describes how your company makes money. Think of a business model as a drawing that shows all the flows between the different parts of your company.
While this is a mouthful, it’s a lot easier to draw. Drawing A Business ModelLots of people have been working on how to diagram and draw a business. Alexander Osterwalder's Business Model Template (At Stanford, Ann Miura-Ko and I have been working on a simplified Silicon Valley version of this model. But What Does a Business Model Have to Do With My Startup? Stay tuned. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Fall 2008. Nigel Slater's pizza recipe. I like kneading dough, not in an anger-management kind of a way, but as a moment or two of relative peace and calm. Ten minutes spent deeply connected with my food, feeling the tight mix of flour, yeast, salt and water slowly relax in my hands. I still rate making dough as one of the most pleasing jobs the kitchen has to offer.
That said, I knead pizza dough for less time than I used to. The original 15 minutes has now become more like 10. By which I mean about six or seven. Not out of sloth, but because I find the results much the same no matter how long I roll and fold and push and pull. The dough will tell you when it is ready by the way it feels in your hands. I should probably invest in a proper pizza stone to provide the extra heat the soft dough needs to grow up to be a crisp crust, but the large tile I found in the back garden a few years ago soldiers on, providing a reasonable substitute.
I have used both fontina and taleggio on pizza before now and been happy with the result. 6 Quick Tricks To Grow Your Business Using Twitter. 8 Ways to Reduce Your Site's Bounce Rate. With the explosion of social media sharing and help from smart search engine optimization, many web users are bypassing businesses' home pages and landing directly on product pages and blog posts. Thus, businesses need to optimize their "first impressions" at all entry points in order to reduce bounce rates. Bounce and exit rates are often confused, but have different definitions and purposes.
Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors that hit a page and don't visit any others within the same site. It should be used to measure the effectiveness of landing pages and is connected to SEO and paid advertising campaigns. In some cases, a page may be designed to give the consumer the information they need and nothing else. In this instance, bounce rate may not be a relevant metric. Exit rate, on the other hand, is the percentage of visitors that leave a site from a given page. Bounce rate stats will differ depending on the type of sites and pages you're measuring. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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