
Holiday Goddess: Virgo Recipe – Decorative Focaccia
For Virgo I suggest a bread recipe and focaccia is one of the easier breads to master. This time I’ve decorated it – something Virgoans will enjoy with their craft skills and attention to detail.

For Virgo I suggest a bread recipe and focaccia is one of the easier breads to master. This time I’ve decorated it – something Virgoans will enjoy with their craft skills and attention to detail.

Italy is a Leo country: a place where style, big gestures and exaggeration is rife. So is pride and history. So, it makes sense to choose an Italian recipe for Leo.

Astrologically Cancer is the fourth sign, the house of home, roots, family, heritage, patriotism. When applied to cooking, a cancer will yearn for home cooking.

For Geminis, food is an opportunity to chat, to gossip, to network while breaking bread with others. Canapés, tapas, mezze, and snacks are all Gemini. If Taurus is slow food, Gemini is about fast food. Ruled by Mercury, this quicksilver chatty sign, likes new trends.

Taurus loves to eat, simply for the resultant feeling of comfort, luxury and abundance.When it comes to food, Taurus epitomises the slow food movement. They like to take their time, make things properly from scratch.

Mark Harper, a doctor at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, in Britain, believes regular cold-water swimming reduces inflammation, which is associated with ailments from pain to depression. He is a cold-water sea swimmer himself. He believes you may not react as much to stress in daily life, if you swim outdoors regularly.