What Was New: September 2007

3 September

Pic of the Week

A little old lady is dwarfed by a statue of a bull outside Birmingham's Bull Ring Centre.
Beware of the bull!

4 September

Off the Cookshelf

"And at last we get to the recipes. This part of the book is divided into eight chapters: soups, starters and snacks, salads, side dishes, meat and poultry dishes, fish dishes, vegetarian dishes, breads and scones. All this from the humble potato." Kay reviews a book dedicated entirely to the mainstay of the British dinner plate: the potato.
Potato

10 September

Pic of the Week

Shoals of fish at Vortex Spring in Florida.
Feeding Frenzy

11 September

Dive! Dive! Dive!

"The diving around the Zanzibar Islands is exceptional, offering some of the best diving in the world. For serious divers the best locations must be the deep dives out on the Pemba Reefs. The diving around Zanzibar town, particularly Mnemba Island, is great for both experienced and novice divers." Life under the ocean wave as described by Ian Williamson.
Diving in and around Zanzibar

16 September

"They are still swimming..."

"Price-wise this is not a cheap restaurant but it's not in the fine-dining price range either. You can eat much more cheaply in Pattaya, or much more expensively, but at less than £20 for a small feast and a few beers for two you're not going to complain, are you?" We review the ever-popular King Seafood Restaurant in Pattaya.
King Seafood Restaurant

17 September

Pic of the Week

A tourist boat plies the canals of Amsterdam.
Grey day in Amsterdam