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How to animate: stop-motion tips from Aardman
Learn how to make your own stop-motion animation with these tips from the Aardman team, those clever people behind the likes of Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit. Follow these simple steps, add a good dose of imagination and patience, and you can create a short model animation in which your characters [...]
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Top 10 tips for the perfect Cornish pasty from the World Pasty Champion
The pasty excitement is building here at Eden as the second World Pasty Championships on Saturday 2 March 2013 draws nearer. If you’re entering or if you just want to improve your pasty skills then you’ll want to read these top tips from reigning pasty champion Graham Cornish of Launceston here in Cornwall. Graham cleaned [...]
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Make your own ‘Family Hexagon’ biscuit selection box this Christmas
Make a tasty and unique gift with our ‘Family Hexagon’ selection box of delicious biscuits. Over the past few weeks we’ve been publishing recipes of the Christmas biscuits we’re serving at the Eden Project this winter. Now you can use a selection of these recipes to fill up a box – made by hand, of [...]
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5 tips to set the perfect Christmas table
Create a magical Christmas dinner with our tips for laying the perfect Christmas table. We share our ideas and favourite things to help you transform your dining room for the ultimate festive celebration on Christmas day – from adding lovely finishing touches to your table to adding keepsakes for your friends and family. 1. Involve [...]
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Make your own bird cake for the garden
These bird feeders not only attract birds to your garden; they’re also fun for kids to make. Use this simple bird cake (or ‘fat ball’) recipe as a way of feeding birds throughout the winter when bugs and berries are scarce. What you need (makes several) 5 digestive biscuits 1 cup bird seeds or peanuts Half [...]
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Mexican chicken casserole
This easy recipe for chicken has a spicy kick and tastes great served with nutty brown rice or corn tortillas. It’s one of the tasty dishes we serve in the Eden Cafe in St Austell town centre. Ingredients (serves 4-6) 10 or so pieces of chicken on the bone (dark meat gives a better flavour) [...]
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Pumpkin carving: how to carve like a pro
Ever wondered how to create a really intricate spooky design on your pumpkin for Halloween, rather than the usual simple, chunky face? Well, we’ve asked our expert, Emma Smart, to give us a step-by-step guide. Emma will be showing her amazing skills at pumpkin carving demonstrations during our half-term Halloween celebrations (27 October to 4 November [...]
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Recipe for baobab and orange muffins
We’re supporting Better Breakfast Week this week. The campaign is being organised by PhytoTrade Africa, who represent producers of the baobab fruit, which is rich in Vitamin C and B2, and provides an income for hundreds of families in rural Africa. Find out more about the baobab on our plant profile page. Here’s a tasty recipe we’re serving in the Eden Bakery, [...]
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Recipe for apricot and baobab flapjacks
We’re supporting Better Breakfast Week, which starts today! The campaign is being organised by PhytoTrade Africa, who represent producers of the baobab fruit, which is rich in Vitamin C and B2, and provides an income for hundreds of families in rural Africa. Find out more about the baobab on our plant profile page. Here’s a tasty recipe we’re serving in [...]
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How to save seeds
Seed saving is a cheap way of growing vegetables the following year, showing kids the lifecycle of plants, and is a nice thing to do ahead of a seed exchange. Find out how to save seeds in this video, with help from Eden Project gardener Catherine Cutler. Or follow our instructions below. How to save [...]
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