Sweet Holdeman
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I do not ask the heavens to be pleased with my beauty, but I hope that I will always be at liberty to do so.
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The hidden legacy of the Seychelles' island cuisine
In a steep valley high on the eastern slopes of the Seychelles island of Mahé, the spice garden of Le Jardin du Roi tells a story of unimaginable variety. Anchored by a graceful 19th-Century home of white wood, soaring ceilings and big windows designed to catch a cooling mountain breeze, Le Jardin du Roi is a window on so much that is good about traditional Seychelles Creole cooking.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Feast
Spain's 'white gold' super-drink
Stretching across the drying room in a vast, rippled expanse, the tiger nuts seemed almost like desert dunes. I'd come to Valencia towards the end of their harvesting and found the sight of this immense volume – hundreds upon thousands, perhaps even millions – impressive. Singling one out, however, I was surprised to discover a small, wrinkled form that looked distinctly less inspiring. Where tiger nuts are concerned, it turns out, appearances really are deceiving.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Feast
Hong Kong's 'greasy spoon' cafes
With a fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic washing over Hong Kong, all restaurants in the city have been ordered to pull down their shutters by 18:00. Daytime business in the city's cha chaan tengs has mostly remained brisk, however. The quirky, no-nonsense cafes have long served up affordable staples to busy people needing to get in, chow down and get out in a hurry.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Feast
Logan the Sleepwalker
Since I was a child, I have heard the old man say that sleepwalking is very scary. Sleepwalkers will do some horrible and strange things, for example, go to the cemetery in the middle of the night to dig up human bones, bring them home and hide them under the bed, then go to bed and go back to sleep, and wake up the next day without knowing anything.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Horror
Ghosts come back for children
I am a police officer. Once, I went to a small town in the middle of nowhere to work on a case, and when things were done, it was already dark. And in this remote town, traffic is also closed, and once dark, there is no car out, I had to find a hostel in the town to stay for the night.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Horror
Write out the real psychic
Go home! With the sound of the high school bell ringing, sophomore Li Guo grabbed his school bag and rushed out of the classroom because his hobby is reading novels, and in the case of extreme pressure to study, he also likes to read ghost stories to relieve the pressure.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Fiction
Horror College
Luo Yu's first middle school is a provincial key middle school, and every year it sends countless outstanding graduates to various famous universities across the country, but Luo Yu is the best among these countless outstanding students, and his teachers and parents think that he will be another talent of Peking University and Tsinghua in the future.
By Sweet Holdeman3 years ago in Horror
