Aubergine meatballs

Aubergine meatballs

Aubergine meatballs are easy to prepare and do not contain eggs. They can be served with a yogurt sauce.

The Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday at Glastonbury

The Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday at Glastonbury

Sunday 28 June, in Somerset county, England, was the last day of Glastonbury Festival, one of the most important international music festival: 27 stages covering the whole areas and 4 days of non-stop music. There were several guests, including Florence and the Machine, Kanye West, Patti Smith, the Who, Alt J, Flying Lotus and many others.

Tomato, falafel and aubergine tower

Tomato, falafel and aubergine tower

A summer good and healthy recipe that can be served as a main course if some wedges of whole grain bread are added. The tomato, falafel and aubergine tower is seasoned with Thain sauce and lemon.

Biking from Europe to Africa in the name of youth and women

Biking from Europe to Africa in the name of youth and women

A bike adventure from Europe to Africa, in the name of debate, women and young people. Jilt Van Schayik and his friend Teun Meulepas left Amsterdam, iconic city for bike mobility, in February, to cross 20 countries between Europe and Africa and reach Cape Town the next 12 August, on the International Youth Day.  

John Moose, the band you can listen to only in a forest

John Moose, the band you can listen to only in a forest

Escaping the city to dive into nature. Literature, cinema and music often tell stories about urban escapism. For the John Moose folk band, composed of five musicians coming from Värmland’s wild woods, Sweden, environment is a vital issue. To such an extent that they thought to “oblige” their listeners to escape into woods to listen

Antony Hegarty, aboriginal Australians and the uranium mine

Antony Hegarty, aboriginal Australians and the uranium mine

A few days ago Antony Hegarty, the lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons, participated in the Dark Mofo Festival, a music festival taking place in Tasmania. She sang her hits on the Odeon theatre’s stage in Hobart for an hour without saying a word. But when she got back to the stage for an

Lavender in cooking

Lavender in cooking

The scent and flavour of lavender flowers and leaves can be employed in a number of ways in cooking. They can flavour sweets and give a different yet scrumptious taste to savoury dishes. Lavender risotto: just delicious.