Pan con tomate is a familiar menu item in most Spanish restaurants. It is a classic Catalan tapa. It is also one of the recipes included in Manuel Vazquez Montalban’s book, an erudite collection of erotic-gastronomic musings and recipes collected under the unlikely title of Recetas inmorales, ‘Immoral Recipes.’
Rejecting the gastronomic pillars of American imperialism [...]



Out-takes I

‘It’s the latest thing,’ JD continued. ‘First thing they gave me was a vacuum constriction device. It was an elastic band on a plastic cylinder attached to a vacuum pump, and I had to put my digery-doo inside the cylinder, then pump the air out of it.’
Marie closed her eyes. Tried to [...]



The Deputy Prime Minister

John Prescott, Tony Blair’s deputy, has admitted to a two-year affair with one of his secretaries. He says he regrets it.
We have had Mr Prescott and his friends for a lot longer than two-years, and we regret that.

If ever proof were needed that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac . . .
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