While this recipe is an all-time favourite of mine, I cannot take full credit for its creation. This is a recipe that has been made by my extended family for a number of years and has been a staple at family gatherings for as long as I can remember! Serves: 10 Ingredients 1, 375-gram packet […]
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Recipe: Multipurpose Tomato Sauce
While I often use this sauce with pasta or spiralised zucchini, this mixture can be paired with a number of dishes. With a baked potato, crumbed eggplant, falafels, on toast with a poached egg or even as a dip with Turkish or pita bread. While this recipe contains simple, versatile ingredients, jarred artichoke, eggplant and […]
Recipe: Parmesan Crumbed Eggplant
Parmesan crumbed eggplant is the perfect vegetarian contribution to any summertime platter, especially when paired with the Multipurpose Tomato Sauce arriving soon on the blog! While eggplant can be a hard food to cook for picky eaters, these vegetable nuggets are the perfect way to introduce eggplant to your fussy friends. Although this recipe is […]
Recipe: Chilli Tuna Balls
These Chilli Tuna Balls are the ultimate crowd pleaser, served hot and crispy with sweet chilli or homemade tzatziki. The mixture can be refrigerated for three days before using, or cooked in large batches and had cold or reheated. Making for the perfect simple, summer snack. Makes: Approximately 20 balls Ingredients 8 – 10 potatoes […]
Simple Student Recipes: A Series
For as long as I can remember, I have loved cooking, or more specifically, eating. While eating is definitely a hobby of mine, I find cooking to be an excellent creative outlet. That is far from saying I am a good cook, over the years I have had many cooking failures! From bi-carb soda biscuits, […]
BLOGGERS AND INFLUENCERS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
While social media is often highlighted as a hindrance to communication, it is worth noting the vast positive effects it can have in promoting relationships between public relations practitioners and influencers/bloggers. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube are often used by bloggers and influencers to promote products and personal brands. While […]
TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING: THE BUSINESS IN THE BRAND
Transmedia storytelling is a vital recourse for public relations practitioners, not only in regards to selling a product or service, but also in conveying a business’ brand in an innovative and engaging way. From the recent success of the Hunger Games trilogy, to the use of propaganda in the World Wars (British Library 2019), transmedia […]
VISUAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR RELEVANCE
Piktochart Review Using the infographic maker Piktochart I was able to create a simplistic, colourful infographic with relative ease. The website provided multiple templates and colour schemes to work with, including various images and icons. Overall I enjoyed my use of Piktochart, finding the website relatively easy to use. Positives The template provided tips along […]
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND BIG TOBACCO: THE SMOKING SCANDAL
The actions of public relations practitioners throughout the 20th century, specifically those employed by Big Tobacco, are considered prime examples of unethical public relations practise. Examining the work of Edward Bernays and PR mega firm Hill and Knowlton, this essay will dissect the history of public relations’ involvement with the Tobacco industry. Specifically their use […]
FLEABAG: THE RIGHT KIND OF LOVE STORY
In the age of Netflix, Stan, Prime and a million other streaming sites, it can be easy to get lost in a void of pretty faces and unsubstantiated messages. Unlike many of my other blog posts this is not an academic assignment, merely an ode to the shows and charters that show real life, real […]