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Pavlova (cake)
Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert. Originating in either Australia or New Zealand in the early 20th century, it was named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.Boylen, Jeremy (reporter) (20 August 2004)Pavlova''George Negus Tonight'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation/ref> Taking the form of a cake-like circular block of baked meringue, pavlova has a crisp crust and soft, light inside. The confection is usually topped with fruit and whipped cream. The name is pronounced , or like the name of the dancer, which was .'' Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. Orsman, H.W. (ed.) (1979) ''Heinemann New Zealand dictionary.'' Auckland: Heinemann Educational Books (NZ)Dictionary.com, "pavlova", in Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Source location: Random House, Inchttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pavlova Availablehttp://dictionary.reference.com Accessed: 26 April 2009. The dessert is believed to have been created in honour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlova Dessert
__NOTOC__ Pavlova may refer to: Persons *Pavlova, the feminine form of Pavlov (surname), Pavlov, a common Russian and Bulgarian family name *Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), Russian ballerina *Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Anna Pavlova (born 1987), Russian artistic gymnast *Karolina Pavlova, Russian writer Places *I. P. Pavlova, a metro station in Prague, Czech Republic *Pavlova, Russia, several rural localities in Russia *Pavlová, a village in Slovakia *Pavlova Huť Nature Reserve in the Czech Republic Other *Pavlova (dessert), Pavlova, a meringue-based dessert *Pavlova (alga), ''Pavlova'' (alga), a genus of family Pavlovaceae (Haptophyta) *Anna Pavlova (film), ''Anna Pavlova'' (film), a 1983 film about the dancer See also *Pavlov (other) *Pavlova Ves, a village in Slovakia {{Disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Pavlova Ca
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral district in South Australia Iran * Anna, Fars, a village in Fars Province * Anna, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province Russia * Anna, Voronezh Oblast, an urban locality in Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advocate (Tasmania)
''The Advocate'' is a local newspaper of North-West and Western Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly published under the names ''The Wellington Times'', ''The Emu Bay Times'', and ''The North Western Advocate and The Emu Bay Times''. Its readership covers the North West Coast and West Coast of Tasmania, including towns such as Devonport, Burnie, Ulverstone, Penguin, Wynyard, Latrobe, and Smithton. the newspaper is published by Australian Community Media, located at 39-41 Alexander Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Early history On Wednesday 1 October 1890 Robert Harris and his sons, Robert and Charles published the first issue of ''The Wellington Times'', Burnie's first newspaper. It was named after the county in which Burnie and Emu Bay were located and was first published only on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With a circulation around 2000 its four broadsheet pages cost 1.5 d. The original ''Burnie Wellington Times'' office in 1890 stood on a site in Cattley Street and empl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beverley Times
''The Beverley Times'' is a defunct English language newspaper that was published weekly in the Wheatbelt town of Beverley, Western Australia, between 1905 and 1977. History ''The Beverley Times'' first circulated on 22 July 1905 and was published by the manager Henry Courtney at The Beverley Times Newspaper and General Printing Office on Vincent Street, Beverley, for the proprietor Chas Dawson, Newcastle. Initially the newspaper shared its office space with the local Catholic Church who ran services in the front of the building, however in 1908 the building was sold to Athol Thomas who opened a news agency and continued to print ''The Beverley Times'' in the rear of the building. The newspaper's creation was both a business venture and an effort to support the interests of the district of Beverley and provide residents with a forum for personal expression and discussion. News reported in ''The Beverley Times'' focused on the district of Beverley and included articles on agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of the metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River, upon which the city's central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people, where Aboriginal Australians have lived for at least 45,000 years. Captain James Stirling founded Perth in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It was named after the city of Perth in Scotland, due to the influence of Stirling's patron Sir George Murray, who had connections with the area. It gained ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esplanade Hotel, Perth
The Esplanade Hotel was a hotel on The Esplanade across from Esplanade Reserve in Perth, Western Australia. Its demolition in 1972 was controversial because of the building's beauty and popularity. Its early history appears in James Sykes Battye's 1912 Cyclopedia of Western Australia The ''Cyclopedia of Western Australia'', edited by James Battye, was the pre-eminent written summary of Western Australia's development and context prior to World War I. Review of progress It was created at a time that saw progress, and was su .... Various proprietors owned the property over time, including N. W. Harper, who sold it in 1927 to J. Paxton, whose daughter Elsie May Plowman became sole licensee in 1957.Wendy BirmaPlowman, Elsie May (1905–1978)at ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', 2002 It was located opposite the Perth Bowling Club on the Esplanade Reserve. The hotel was one of nine in the Perth area to have orders to remove its verandahs in 1962 but its owner Elsie May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (Dunedin)
''The Star'' is a free newspaper published weekly in Dunedin, New Zealand by Allied Press since 1979. It is the successor to ''The Evening Star'', which was the city's daily evening newspaper from June 1863 to 1979. History Bell era ''The Star'' was founded as the ''Evening Star'' in 1863 with the first issue appearing on 1 May 1863. It was founded by G. A. Henningham and Co., edited by George Henningham, and originally printed in Stafford Street, above the Exchange area of the city. In its first few years the company was bought by William Henningham, the founder's brother. In June 1869, William Henningham ran into financial difficulties and the ''Evening Star'' was sold by liquidators to George Bell, who also ran a small evening paper, the ''Evening Independent''. Bell merged the two newspapers to form firstly the short-lived ''Morning Star'', and then the far more successful ''Evening Star'', which was first published under this title on 14 June 1869. Under Bell's editorship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Otago
, image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate university , endowment = NZD $279.9 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $756.8 million (31 December 2020) , chancellor = Stephen Higgs , vice_chancellor = David Murdoch , administrative_staff = 2,246 (2019) , academic_staff = 1,744 (2019) , students = 21,240 (2019) , undergrad = 15,635 (2014) , postgrad = 4,378 (2014) , doctoral = 1,579 (2019) , other = , city = Dunedin , province = Otago , country = New Zealand (Māori: ''Ōtepoti, Ōtākou, Aotearoa'') , coor = , campus = Urban/ University town 45 ha (111 acres) , colours = Dunedin Blue and Gold , free_label = Student Magazine , free = ''Critic'' , affiliations = MNU , website https://www.otago.ac.nz, logo = Logo of the University of Otago.svg The U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthropologist
An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and values of societies. Linguistic anthropology studies how language affects social life, while economic anthropology studies human economic behavior. Biological (physical), forensic and medical anthropology study the biological development of humans, the application of biological anthropology in a legal setting and the study of diseases and their impacts on humans over time, respectively. Education Anthropologists usually cover a breadth of topics within anthropology in their undergraduate education and then proceed to specialize in topics of their own choice at the graduate level. In some universities, a qualifying exam serves to test both the breadth and depth of a student's understanding of anthropology; the students who pass ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Leach
Helen May Leach (née Keedwell; born 3 July 1945) is a New Zealand academic specialising in food anthropology. She is currently a professor emerita at the University of Otago. Early life and family Born Helen May Keedwell in Wellington on 3 July 1945, Leach is the daughter of Peggy and Harvey Keedwell. Her older sister, Nancy Tichborne, is a noted watercolour artist. After moving with her family to Dunedin in the early 1950s, Leach was educated at Otago Girls' High School. She went on to study at the University of Otago, from where she graduated Master of Arts. Career Leach was appointed to the staff of the University of Otago in 1972, and was appointed to a chair in anthropology in 2002. Originally trained in archaeology, she completed a PhD in 1976 at Otago, with a thesis titled ''Horticulture in prehistoric New Zealand: an investigation of the function of the stone walls of Palliser Bay''. Leach has studied food, eating, cooking, associated equipment and paraphernalia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis Gelatine
Sir George Francis Davis (1883 – 1947) was a New Zealand born industrialist. He is notable mainly for his association with Davis Gelatine, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, and the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works, in Australia. Glen Davis, New South Wales is named after him. Early life and family background He was born at New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, on 22 November 1883. His parents were Charles George Davis and Lillian Edwedinah, née Ball, and he was their third and youngest son. Davis attended King's College, Auckland. He left school at fifteen, and went to sea for four years in the sailing ships of John Emery and Co., Boston. He was later to say that he wanted to join the navy, but was not accepted due to his poor hearing. Both the Davis and Ball families were involved in glue manufacture in England. His parents had emigrated from England in 1879, intending to farm in New Zealand. Instead Charles Davis set up a small glue factory at New Lynn in 1881, moving to a new larger factory a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
