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Archive for: June, 2011

GBG TV: Tony Leck’s Strawberry Shortcake recipe

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Check out Tony Leck’s melt in your mouth strawberry shortcake. Perfect for the Summer season! Recipe: Serves 6 Shortcake: 240g     Unsalted Guernsey Butter 110g     Icing Sugar 240g     Plain Flour (sieved) 40g       Rice Flour Strawberries: 500g     Strawberries 50g       Icing Sugar Freshly Milled Black Peppercorns 50ml     Balsamic Vinegar 100ml   Strawberry Coulis 200ml   Whipped Guernsey Cream 1          Vanilla [...]

Gearing Up… Our brand new motoring section

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Over the last month we have had the chance to test drive an amazing range of newly released vehicles all of which are available from local garages on the island. Have a look and see how we got on… MG6 GT from Carrus Automotive It’s the first all-new MG to come through the Longbridge factory [...]

Looking Cool by the Pool

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Your summer holiday should be something to look forward to but if the thought of putting on your cozzie fills you with dread don’t panic! Here are some tips to help ensure you look your best: Designs & patterns Straight bodylines look better in geometric designs whilst florals work best on curvy figures. Large scale [...]

Cocktail of the month

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The June Bug (also known as The dune Bug) The June Bug is a tropical cocktail. It consists of a mixture of a strong spirit, usually vodka, with coconut rum (such as Malibu), melon liqueur (such as Midori), orange or pineapple juice, and lime juice. It is shaken with ice and served long, in a highball glass, over ice with optional [...]

Buying a home with a friend?

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What are the advantages/disadvantages? With property prices soaring in Guernsey, unless you have parents who can help you financially, often the only way onto the property market is to buy a home with a friend. Mortgages are generally offered at five times gross income, so if you are earning £25,000 per annum gross, as a [...]

Insomnia by Sally Le Page MRPharmS

Insomnia

We all have the odd night when we can’t get to sleep, sometimes because we are worrying about something. You may be suffering from insomnia if you regularly have difficulty getting to sleep, wake up too early or wake up in the night. You might then feel tired and irritable the next day. The first [...]

Beauty and the Beach

Hayley & Lisa GBG June 2011

What do you get when you mix two beautiful ladies on Port Soif with photographer John de Garis, fantastic beauty treatments from Bella Spa, beautiful clothes from Holeshot and sexy swimwear from Island-Sales? Introducing Beauty and the Beach…

Summer Skin

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Summer’s here, we’ve looked at clothes and hair, but what about your skin. Here’s out top seven tips for looking and feeling good in the sunshine. 1. Exfoliate your body It’s so very important to exfoliate your skin. Your body sheds skin cells at an amazing rate every minute of every day. If you don’t get rid of them, [...]

In The Pink

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The Pink Ladies Breast Cancer Support group are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year with their 3rd Sunset Walk on Saturday 18th June. The Group was set up in 2001 by ladies who were all going through treatment and has evolved into a Group with over 100 members. They could never have imagined how the [...]

Angela Delight

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Angela Hartnett MBE is a chef par excellence. A protégé of Gordon Ramsay she now rightly stands in nobody’s shadow as the Chef Patron of Murano restaurant and the York & Albany pub in London. GBG Magazine was delighted to meet Angela on her visit to The Farmhouse in Guernsey where she cooked for nearly [...]

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