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'Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in Fourteen Recipes' forgot I had it til playing the 6 degrees of separation game unique and brilliant

fish and chips or REALLY spicy som tum does it for me......depends on where I procured my hangover.......... and maybe a glass of berocca, (I think this is the Oz solution)

I'm happy with a restart but alas must work this week so will be erratic in my musings. Actually, except for about 3 or 4 most of my replies were sort of gut instinct/off the top of my head otherwise I don't seem to do so well. Luckily I have been alive for a long time and have a garbage collection type brain Love the intricacy of some of the solutions, alas not mine

Napoleon has his ass kicked at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington from whom the NZ capital got its name NZ and Oz sent troops to Gallipoli in WW1 the battle is remembered as ANZAC Day on 25th April the movie Napoleon Dynamite was released on DVD on 25th April, 2005 in which the lead character, Napoleon, has a tater tot fetish. the 2004 movie Tater Tots was directed by Guiseppe Andrews, who was born on 25th April. Annette Funicello and a doner kebab

there isn't an admiration icon Pontormo, but I am full if it for you. hehehe do you realise you have the potential for a nice little earner selling essays to college students online?

I think Pontormo answered the Kafka/pea soup conundrum via Gregors (Samsa and Mendel)

Napoleon was the first name of one of characters in the Man from UNCLE. The actor who played his partner was David McCallum who was married to Jill Ireland until she left him for Charles Bronson who was of Tatar descent so is their daughter a tatar tot?

JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis were close friends CS Lewis wrote the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in which Edmund betrays his friends and siblings for a piece of turkish delight Prince Charles and pocky sticks

Anadama bread is made with molasses which comes from sugar cane as does brown sugar which is the title of the Rolling Stones song, lyrics by Mick Jagger Patty Duke and bubblegum

Johann Strauss wrote die Fledermaus (the Bat) The horseshoe bat inhabits Sicily's eastern shore Arancini are from Sicily Jackie Chan and poached eggs

Fat Guy is/was a litigator Harvesting bird's nests is dangerous work FG could act for injured workers to claim damages from their employer hehehehe now I'm getting stupid Snoop Dog and twinkies

Tennyson wrote The Kraken, about a sea monster Kelp comes from the sea Sodium alginate is extracted mainly from kelp Edward Kennedy and snails

Greer Garson played Marie Curie in the movie Madame Curie Greer Garson's mother and father were Scottish Oatmeal (porridge) comes from Scotland Eva Peron and larb

Curse you Pontormo and your 2 Gregors the longer ones are far more difficult and beautiful

Dick Clark, the world's oldest teenager Favourite teen food pizza with anchovies

Hey guys I know you are reading these replies and smirking....join in, I'm a saddo boring myself and running out of ideas fast

Alfred Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief' was based in the French riviera. Michelin starred le Bacon at Antibes is famous for its bouillabaisse

Old Foodie, do you ever sleep??

Glad to hear it has been a year and a half and things must be improving....you know, of all the sleep deprivation and hunger I went thru in that first 5 months,(cereal, yeah) what I strikes me so clearly is sitting with my firstborn in the early hours looking out her bedroom window at the lightscape that was Hong Kong and wondering why the hell were so many lights on at that time of night anyway, they grow up fast and sooner than you would think the problem noise is the sort they make

'Kafka's Soup, A Complete History of World Literature in Fourteen Recipes ' is one of my favourite cook(ish)books. No pea soup but a great read Had forgotten I had it until this game

Sir Edmund Hilary, famous New Zealand Mountain climber. prairie oysters, famous New Zealand sheep's bollocks

hey you guys, forget the different genders; you are both singing from the same hymnsheet

Happy birthday Jack, gorgeous; where did you get the Dexter?

Tiffany Brissette and Lassie both starred in their own TV series. A mango could be described as a 'small wonder'. hehehe.... actually I normally spell lassi with no 'e' on the end so a mango lassie sounded hilarious to me, especially after 2 martinis. I apologise