It was meeting Tom Herbert at the Do Lectures that inspired me to have a go at baking sourdough. And it was Tom who gave me a jar of 57 year old (55 years old in 2010) sourdough to take home and try. Luckily it came with a handy recipe card with all I would need to know to get going. The ingredients were listed as so: Strong white flour - 460g Sourdough - 300g Sea Salt - … [Read more...] about 006 – Bake a Sourdough Loaf
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007 – Drink a Bellini in Harry’s Bar (Venice)
When I told people I was going to Venice they said.. "You must go and drink a Bellini in Harry's Bar." I'm pretty susceptible to suggestions involving exotic drinks in interesting locations. So it went on the list. If I'm honest I'd never knowingly had a Bellini, or heard of Harry's bar. It sounded like an easy challenge though. Go to a bar and have a drink. It's not like it's The Old … [Read more...] about 007 – Drink a Bellini in Harry’s Bar (Venice)
005 – Go To A Sci-Fi Convention
This was another item on the 40at40 list this year that I was not sure I'd get done. Most conventions of this type I hear about happen in The States. Yet Sci-Fi has played such a huge part in my life, especially when growing up, I felt compelled to include it. I have been fascinated with science fiction since before I can remember. As a child, my agnostic Dad taught religious education in a … [Read more...] about 005 – Go To A Sci-Fi Convention
003 – Have a Yodeling Lesson
I was invited to Vienna by 'ORF' Austria's national public service channel. I was to be a guest on a TV show discussing the current challenges facing public service broadcasting. My Austrian friend Dan picked me up from Gratz and we drove into Vienna a day earlier. Dan had read my 40at40 list and figured he could at least help knock one item off the list. He had wanted to take me on Europe's … [Read more...] about 003 – Have a Yodeling Lesson
If You Can Fix Soles, You Can Save Lives.
If my Granddad were still alive this year, we'd be celebrating his hundredth birthday. We often made fun that his birth was the second major disaster of 1912. When he died he took a thousand stories with him. And just as many songs. He was a guarded man. The few stories we shared only offered a glimpse of the life he'd lived. Born in a field in the Ukraine. Before the First World War. Before … [Read more...] about If You Can Fix Soles, You Can Save Lives.