cafebabel.com

How to carve a pumpkin for Halloween

('Annie Rutherford',) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:30:00 -0000

Every festival has its own kitchen rituals, or at least it does in my parents’ house in Scotland. Christmas cues gingerbread houses, while easter is somewhat easier with chocolate nests the order of the day. Halloween meanwhile heralds the arrival of that candle-lit guest, Jack-o-Lantern

Paris strikes: where clowns once protested, now zombies do

('Nicola Potter',) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:15:00 -0000

On 16 October zombies took over the nationwide protests for a withdrawal of the French retirement reforms (to be raised from 60 to 62). When even the deceased are coming back to defend their rights, can the French government really afford to turn a deaf ear?

Meanwhile, Obama Hallowe’en masks outsell McCain

('Anna Patton',) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:46:34 -0000

The moment of truth from the US elections, bickering Polish politicians and the return of the Euromed – weekly newsbites from Brussels

European idioms: a pumpkin this Halloween

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:45:00 -0000

Pumpkins in expressions can be saying no to a date in Spanish, being dumb in Italian or sleeping early in English - weekly language expressions

Horror Halloween

('Sarah Turpin',) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:17:00 -0000