When Fidel Castro’s revolutionaries ousted President Batista from power in 1959, it signalled a rapid departure for most Americans from the island paradise. The US trade embargo subsequently imposed on Cuba meant that the cars they left behind—1940s and 1950s Cadillacs, Buicks, Fords, Chevrolets, and...
They laughed at him, sneered at him, never suspecting . . ....
MAKES 1 TRAY For the dough: 2/3 cup (100 g) sultanas, 2/3 cup (150 g) butter or lard, 1¼ cups (150 g) cornmeal, 1 cup + 3 tbsp (150 g) wheat flour (type 00), 2 tsp (8 g) vanilla sugar, 1 pinch salt, 1 tsp (5-6 g)...
For the first time in three years, Rita Hayworth has something to take her mind off her romances—namely, work. And a good thing, too....
MAKES 3 MINI SPRINGFORM PANS (DIAMETER 6 IN. [15 CM]) For the dough: 2/3 cup (100 g) hazelnuts, ¾ cup (100 g) almonds, 5¼ oz (150 g) candied orange peel, 5¼ oz (50 g) candied lemon peel, 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp (50 g) flour, 3 tbsp...
“Gee, it’s good to be home,” said Gene McGrath. Terry Moore, his wife, flopped down on a huge sofa beside him and looked around at the apartment, a modest twelve-room, two-storied affair in the middle of Caracas, Venezuela. “Yeah,” she said. “Only this is the third...
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) started life as an aero engine manufacturer in Munich, Germany in 1916, before diversifying into road vehicles. The company had a burst of glory in the 1930s, but it was only in 1961 that BMW really started its journey to become...
An intimate disclosure by Faye Nuell, one of Natalie’s closest friends...
The world of top-level espionage never stands still. Maverick MI6 agent, James Bond, may have become inextricably linked with Aston Martins, the DB5 especially, but things changed in the 1970s and ’80s. The very latest in British motoring excitement was required, and Lotus stepped into...
