Wine Jelly Dessert (Auch Weingeleegenannt)

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My first taste of wine jelly was amazing; almost heavenly. Wine jelly is made of gelatin, sugar and wine, the last of which is the ingredient that renders its taste so special and memorable. Apparently, this is a type of spread popular among those in the West – a spread served with either crackers and cheese or with berries and whipped cream.

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Art & Design In Photoshop By Steve Caplin

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I spent over a year to finish all the tutorials in this book. I’m impressed by the organisation and content presented throughout the book – easy-to-digest information, bite-sized tutorials, differentiated themes as well as detailed characterisation of the different genres presented to us in our daily lives. All of these were useful in getting us to become not just familiar with, but also sensitive towards all these different aspects, so as to create relevant and applicable designs that serve their purposes. The last chapter of the book effectively sums up all the short-cuts and application tips that could be used in the software, many of which are new and exciting tricks even for myself.

Here are a few of my favourite self-creations from a handful of tutorials in the book:

1) Line Art

Line Art

This style employs a photo as its starting point to create a stylised caricature featuring black outlines that trace the basic features and then applying a basic palette of colours to replace the original ones in the photo.

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Website Updating In Progress

Website Update im Gange…    网站正在进行更新。。。웹 사이트 업데이트 지금 진행해요…

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Fastnacht in Frankfurt

Es soll meine ganze letzte Erinnerung des deustchen Landes sein. Am letzten Sonntag gab es überall eine celebrative Stimmung in Frankfurt; oder genauere hat diese Stimmung schon am letzten Freitag schon begonnen. Im Einkaufszentrum kann man viele Kostüme sehen – Kostüme für Hexen, Tiger, Löwe, verrückten Ärzte usw – mehr als Kostüme für Halloween, die im Oktober verkaufen sind.

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Kartoffelknödel – German Potato Dumpling With Cheese & Bacon

It’s really easy to make this dish because the processed mashed potato can be readily purchased from the supermarkets in Germany. The only effort expanded in this attempt is to ensure that all the ingredients go into the potato balls nicely before we roll them up into nice round pouches.

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