Cooking enthusiasts don’t need to go to class to learn new recipes.

Avoiding wasting expenditure on a cooking class, one can easily search the web to discover thousands of recipes with step-by-step procedures. Online recipes give access to adults and children looking for easy recipes. With countless websites, it’s hard to choose which one is best to learn from.

Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone's launch in 2007.

With the growing power of the Internet and speedy international delivery, it is no longer a dream to buy a look from last month’s Cannes red carpet.

The Internet boasts the great power of enabling the promotion of green living.

The food movement is out there, encouraged by many people who are trying to improve their diet either for health or lifestyle reasons.

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer that begins in the lymphatic system, simply put, a cancer of the immune system.

The only certainty in life is that time marches on for all of us, men and women alike. As we age, there is a natural decline in one’s physiological functions that impact our mental, physical and sexual functions.

The military that ruled Myanmar for five decades paraded its might Wednesday in front of the opposition leader it once repressed, as its commander in chief said it will remain involved in politics to help the country transform itself into a democracy.

Numbness in the hands is a common problem amongst those aged between 40 – 60 years. It can be mildly annoying or disabling, and sometimes is accompanied by severe pain. It usually means a nerve is constricted, and should never be ignored, as permanent nerve damage with loss of sensation and strength may result if left untreated.

The Hallux valgus (bunion) is the most common foot deformity. A bunion is a bony protrusion on the side of the big toe and is a common source of pain and difficulty when wearing shoes (see Figs. 2 and 7).

For hundreds of audience members at Balai Sarbini in South Jakarta, the Korean contemporary dance show recently staged as part of the ASEAN Korea Festival, was more than just a dance show.

The Tong Tong Festival’s Bibit Theater was packed with hundreds of graying heads, some of whom had waited in line for half an hour with their canes to secure a seat.

Cubans are legendary for having dancing and singing in their blood. There is a saying that goes: “Cubans are not Cubans if they don’t drink rum, dance salsa, sing or smoke cigars”. If you asked an average Cuban on the street, they would proudly admit that dancing and singing are part of their daily routine. It is one of the elements that have allowed them to survive the harsh economic blockade by the US.

May has always had historical significance for Indonesia — and this May also had cultural significance for Indonesians in Havana, Cuba. On May 30, the Indonesian embassy held the Noche Cultural de Indonesia en La Habana (Indonesian Cultural Night in Havana).

A wayang golek wooden puppet show presenting Begal Jamaludin, or Jamaludin the robber, stunned the audience at a recent presentation this month at the Soedjatmoko Center in Surakarta in Central Java.

With the little available documentation of Indonesian film, whatever materials are available — the restoration of old films, movie-related posters and postcards — are always prized by film buffs.

Java Rockin’ Land is coming back to town despite last year’s last-minute cancellation.

Claiming to be one of the biggest rock festivals in Southeast Asia, the festival is taking place for the fourth time in five years. Last year’s event was cancelled after the promoter, Java Festival Production, failed to provide quality international acts.

Nine years on, popera four-piece Il Divo tries to fashion a sound structure to call their own.

Born from a conviction that operatic sound can reach wider audience, Il Divo has upped the game for balladeers. With three tenors and a baritone, a song is a stage on which they perform their vocal gymnastics — one time as gentle as a breeze, the next as roaring thunder — \in harmony.

The much-anticipated reboot of the Superman film series, Man of Steel, soars like a jet plane only to wobble in the air like a little bird.

Have you read any surveys lately? If you believe that advances in one’s country come first from the quality of its human resources, you have got two new surveys to skip a heartbeat about.

Antonio d’Oliveira Pinto da França died in Lisbon on June 4. He was 77.

Da França is best remembered here for his book Portuguese Influence in Indonesia which remains one of the most informative works on the subject. He served as the Portuguese consul-general to Indonesia from 1965 to 1970. Indonesia was his first foreign posting.

The Minangkabau Fashion Carnival boasted new versions of traditional West Sumatran clothing never before seen in the region.

The fetish about the English language worldwide testifies to its significance as a language of politics, economics and education.

Off-road expeditions not only offer outdoor experiences but also provide the opportunity to see other sides of life that are rarely revealed, particularly amid the routine of everyday life.