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【2021威尼斯影展主競賽、地平線競賽等完整入選名單】

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本屆威尼斯影展競賽片單公布。鍾孟宏導演的《瀑布》闖進官方競賽的地平線單元，蔡明亮導演的《良夜不能留》則挺進競賽外短片單元。此外，本屆意外沒有任何中國長片入選，未知是否與坎城影展選映《時代革命》有間接關係。

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主競賽的入選導演則包括阿莫多瓦、保羅．索倫提諾、珍．康萍、史蒂芬．布塞、米開朗基羅．法爾瑪提諾、保羅．許瑞德等名導。日本動畫導演湯淺政明也順利入選地平線單元。

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本屆威尼斯影展將在2021年9月1日召開。

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評審團：
（主席）奉俊昊 Bong Joon Ho（導演、編劇）南韓🇰🇷
薩維里奧．康斯坦佐 Saverio Costanzo（導演、編劇）美國🇺🇸
薇吉妮．愛菲亞 Virginie Efira（演員）比利時🇧🇪
辛西婭．艾利沃 Cynthia Erivo（演員、歌手、作曲人）英國🇬🇧
莎拉．蓋登 Sarah Gadon（演員）加拿大🇨🇦
亞歷山大．納瑙 Alexander Nanau（導演）羅馬尼亞🇷🇴
趙婷 Chloé Zhao（導演）中國🇨🇳
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入選片單如下（含英文片名、與導演中英名）：
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《Parallel Mothers》西班牙🇪🇸（開幕片）
佩德羅．阿莫多瓦 Pedro Almodóvar
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《The Power of the Dog》英國🇬🇧澳大利亞🇦🇺美國🇺🇸加拿大🇨🇦紐西蘭🇳🇿
珍．康萍 Jane Campion
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《Spencer》美國🇺🇸英國🇬🇧德國🇩🇪智利🇨🇱
帕布羅．拉瑞恩 Pablo Larrain
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《Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon》美國🇺🇸
安娜．莉莉．阿米普爾 Ana Lily Amirpour
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《Un Autre Monde》法國🇫🇷
史蒂芬．布塞 Stephane Brize
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《America Latina》義大利🇮🇹
狄諾錢佐兄弟（D'Innocenzo brothers）
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《L’Evenement》法國🇫🇷
奧黛麗．迪萬 Audrey Diwan
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《Official Competition》西班牙🇪🇸
加斯頓．杜普拉特 Gaston Duprat ＆ 瑪莉安娜．柯恩 Mariana Cohn
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《Il Buco》義大利🇮🇹
米開朗基羅．法爾瑪提諾 Michelangelo Frammartino
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《Sundown》墨西哥🇲🇽
米歇爾．法蘭科 Michel Franco
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《Illusions Perdues》法國🇫🇷
札維耶．賈諾利 Xavier Giannoli
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《The Lost Daughter》美國🇺🇸英國🇬🇧希臘🇬🇷
瑪姬．葛倫霍 Maggie Gyllenhaal
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《Freaks Out》義大利🇮🇹比利時🇧🇪
蓋布瑞爾．曼尼提 Gabrielle Mainetti
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《Qui Rido Io》義大利🇮🇹西班牙🇪🇸
馬利歐．馬爾多那 Mario Martone
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《On the Job 2: The Missing 8》菲律賓🇵🇭
艾里克．馬帝 Erik Matti
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《Leave No Traces》波蘭🇵🇱法國🇫🇷捷克🇨🇿
揚．馬杜辛斯基 Jan P. Matuszynski
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《Captain Volkonogov Escaped》俄羅斯🇷🇺
娜塔莎・摩古羅瓦 Natasha Merkulova ＆ 艾力克西．楚波夫 Aleksey Chupov
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《The Card Counter》英國🇬🇧中國🇨🇳美國🇺🇸
保羅．許瑞德 Paul Schrader
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《The Hand of God》義大利🇮🇹
保羅．索倫提諾 Paolo Sorrentino
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《Reflection》烏克蘭🇺🇦
瓦倫廷．瓦夏諾維奇 Valentyn Vasyanovych
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《The Box》墨西哥🇲🇽美國🇺🇸
羅倫佐．維加斯 Lorenzo Vigas
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評審團：
（主席）潔絲米拉．茲巴尼奇 Jasmila Žbanić（導演、編劇）波士尼亞與赫賽哥維納🇧🇦
莫娜．費斯沃德 Mona Fastvold（演員）挪威🇳🇴
沙朗．莫克利 Shahram Mokri（導演、編劇、影評人）伊朗🇮🇷
喬許．辛格 Josh Siegel（策展人）美國🇺🇸
娜蒂亞．泰拉諾瓦 Nadia Terranova（作家）義大利🇮🇹
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入選片單如下：
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《Les Promesses》法國🇫🇷
Thomas Kruithof
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《Atlantide》義大利🇮🇹法國🇫🇷美國🇺🇸卡達🇶🇦
Yuri Ancarani
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《Miracle》羅馬尼亞🇷🇴捷克🇨🇿拉脫維亞🇱🇻
Bogdan George Apetri
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《Pilgrims》立陶宛🇱🇹
Laurynas Bareisa
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《The Peackock’s Paradise》義大利🇮🇹德國🇩🇪
Laura Bispuri
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《瀑布 The Falls》台灣🇹🇼
鍾孟宏 Chung Mong-Hong
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《El Hoyo En La Cerca》墨西哥🇲🇽
Joachin Del Paso
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《Amira》埃及🇪🇬約旦🇯🇴阿拉伯聯合大公國🇦🇪沙烏地阿拉伯🇸🇦
Mohammed Diab
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《A Plein Temps》法國🇫🇷
Eric Gravel
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《107 Mothers》斯洛伐克🇸🇰捷克🇨🇿烏克蘭🇺🇦
Peter Kerkekes
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《Vera Dreams of the Sea》科索沃🇽🇰阿爾巴尼亞🇦🇱北馬其頓🇲🇰
Kaltrina Krasniqi
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《White Building》柬埔寨🇰🇭法國🇫🇷中國🇨🇳卡達🇶🇦
Kavich Neang
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《Anatomy of Time》泰國🇹🇭法國🇫🇷荷蘭荷蘭新加坡🇸🇬德國🇩🇪
Jakrawal Nilthamrong
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《El Otro Tom》墨西哥🇲🇽美國🇺🇸
Rodrigo Pla, Laura Santullo
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《El Gran Movimiento》玻利維亞🇧🇴法國🇫🇷卡達🇶🇦瑞士🇨🇭
Kiro Russo
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《Once Upon a Time in Calcutta》印度🇮🇳法國🇫🇷挪威🇳🇴
Adita Vikram Sengupta
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《Rhino》烏克蘭🇺🇦波蘭🇵🇱德國🇩🇪
Oleg Sentsov
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《True Things》英國🇬🇧
Harry Wootliff
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《犬王 Inu-Oh》日本🇯🇵 中國🇨🇳
湯淺政明 Yuasa Maasaki
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入選片單如下：
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《Land of Dreams》伊朗🇮🇷（開幕片）
Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari
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《Costa Brava》黎巴嫩🇱🇧
Mounia Akl
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《Mama, I’m Home》俄羅斯🇷🇺
Vladimir Bitokov
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《Ma Nuit》法國🇫🇷
Antoinette Boulot
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《La Ragazza Ha Volato》義大利🇮🇹
Wilma Labate
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《7 Prisoners》巴西🇧🇷
Alexandre Moratto
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《The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic》芬蘭🇫🇮
Teemu Nikki
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《La Macchina Delle Immagini di Alfredo C》阿爾巴尼亞🇦🇱
Rolando Sejko
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入選片單如下：
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《Don't Get Too Comfortable》
Shaima Al Tamimi
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《Techno, Mama》
Saulius Baradinskas
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《4 AM》
Mehdi Fikri
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《Sandstorm》
Seemab Gul
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《Heltzear》
Mikel Gurrea
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《Los Huesos》
Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña
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《頭繩，雞蛋，作業本 Hair Tie, Egg, Homework Books》中國🇨🇳
羅潤霄 Runxiao Luo
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《IL TURNO》
Chiara Marotta
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《Fall of The Ibis King》
Josh O’Caoimh, Mikai Geronimo
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《New Abnormal》
Sorayos Prapapan
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《La Fée des Roberts》
Léahn Vivier-Chapas
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《The Last Day》
Momi Yamashita
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《Ato》
Bárbara Paz
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《Diario Di Uua Passeggiata》
Giuseppe Piccioni
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入選片單如下：
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《沙丘 Dune》加拿大🇨🇦匈牙利🇭🇺英國🇬🇧美國🇺🇸
丹尼．維勒納夫 Denis Villeneuve
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《Il Bambino Nascosto》義大利🇮🇹法國🇫🇷（閉幕片）
Roberto Ando
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《Les Choses Humaines》法國🇫🇷
Yvan Attal
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《Ariaferma》義大利🇮🇹瑞士🇨🇭法國🇫🇷
Leonardo di Costanzo
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《Halloween Kills》美國🇺🇸
David Gordon Green
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《La Scoula Cattolica》義大利🇮🇹
Stefano Mordini
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《Old Hnery》美國🇺🇸
Potsy Ponciroli
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《最後的決鬥 The Last Duel》英國🇬🇧美國🇺🇸
雷利．史考特 Ridley Scott
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《Last Night in Soho》英國🇬🇧美國🇺🇸
艾德格．萊特 Edgar Wright
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《Scenes From a Marriage（第一集至第五集）》美國🇺🇸
Hagai Levi
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《Life of Crime 1984-2020》美國🇺🇸
Jon Alpert
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《Tranchees》法國🇫🇷
Loup Bureau
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《Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo》義大利🇮🇹
Augusto Contento
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《Republic of Silence》敘利亞🇸🇾德國🇩🇪法國🇫🇷卡達🇶🇦
Diana El Jeiroudi
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《Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song》美國🇺🇸
Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
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《Deandre#Deandre Storia Di Un Impiegato》義大利🇮🇹
Roberta Lena
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《Django and Django》義大利🇮🇹
Luca Rea
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《Ezio Bosso. Le Cose Che Restano》義大利🇮🇹
Giorgio Verdelli
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入選片單如下：
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《Le 7 Giornate di Bergamo》義大利🇮🇹
西蒙娜．文圖拉 Simona Ventura
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《Il Cinema Al Tempo del Covid》義大利🇮🇹
安德烈．塞格雷 Andrea Segre
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入選片單如下：
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《Plastic Semiotic》羅馬尼亞🇷🇴
哈都．裘德 Radu Jude
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《良夜不能留 The Night》台灣🇹🇼
蔡明亮 Tsai Ming-Liang
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《Sad Film》
瓦西里 Vasili
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（圖為《Spencer》劇照，本片由克莉絲汀．史都華(Kristen Stewart)飾演黛安娜王妃(Diana, Princess of Wales)。）

今日教大家
📌蒜容牛油焗龍蝦尾車厘茄
📌姜餅人

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中文
https://www.jlc-health.com/tc-maria-christmas-optin
Eng
https://www.jlc-health.com/en-maria-christmas-optin
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2020年11月30日Live 食譜
特別鳴謝easycook 食譜義工團，快靚正呀🙏🙏

薑餅人曲奇

材料:
原味曲奇粉 一包
豆蔻粉 半茶匙
丁香粉 半茶匙
薑粉 四茶匙
玉桂粉 兩茶匙
鹽半 茶匙
牛油(室溫) 150 克
雞蛋 一隻

做法:
1）牛油放大碗內用發蛋器撥開
2）把原味曲奇粉，所有香料粉，鹽加入已撥開的牛油內，用攪拌棒把牛油及粉拌勻
3）加入雞蛋一隻，再拌勻，然後用手輕輕將粉團稍微搓埋
4）將混合物倒在即矽膠墊上，再用手搓成粉團
5）將粉團分成兩份，分別放入兩個食用膠袋中，從大粉團取出兩份小粉團，把小粉團放在膠袋的角落裏，然後用木棍把袋中的粉團搓成一薄塊, 封好袋口，然後存放在冰格裏30分鐘至硬身
6）硬身後從冰箱取出，沿著膠袋邊把袋剪開，跟著用薑餅人、聖誕樹或星星曲奇模在餅皮上印出曲奇，然後放在已鋪上焗盤紙的餅盤上，放入已預熱攝氏180度焗爐內焗12～15分鐘便可取出。
* 溫馨提示：餅模先沾上少許麵粉然後印出薑餅，會較容易脫模。
* 如果要用糖霜裝飾，須等薑餅放涼後才可開始裝飾

English Version
(YouTube video starts at 17:23. Skip to 31:10.)
Gingerbread Man Cookies
Ingredients:
Plain cookie mix - 500g
Butter - 150g (room temperature)
Ginger powder - 4 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 2 tsp
Nutmeg - ½ tsp
Clove powder - ½ tsp
Salt - ½ tsp
Egg - 1 whole
Plastic bags or plastic wrap

Methods:
1. In a mixing bowl, add in butter and whip until fluffy.

2. Add in plain cookie mix powder, ginger powder, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, clove powder, and salt. Mix well.

3. Add in egg and mix well into a dough.

4. Split the dough into 2 pieces and put each into a plastic bag.

5. Fill the two corners of the plastic bag with doughs and flatten the rest with a rolling pin to your desired even thickness. Seal the plastic bag and put it in the freezer and freeze until the dough is hardened about 30 minutes. Repeat the same with the other dough in the plastic bag.

6. Once the dough is hardened, remove plastic bag and shape into pieces with cookie cutter. Dip the cookie cutter into some flour for easy release and prevent stickiness.

7. Bake at 180C (350F) for about 12 – 15 minutes. Serve.

蒜蓉牛油焗龍蝦尾車厘茄

材料
📌 紅椒，青椒，黃椒各一個
📌 車厘茄數粒
📌 急凍龍蝦尾4 - 5隻，視乎氣炸鍋容量。

紅椒，青椒，黃椒醃料
📌 橄欖油少許
📌 黑胡椒少許
📌 鹽少許

龍蝦尾牛油
📌 牛油少許
📌 鹽少許
📌 黑胡椒粉少許
📌 蒜頭少許

做法
1. 紅椒，青椒，黃椒切細件，加入橄欖油，黑胡椒，鹽，之後連同車厘茄放入氣炸鍋用200度焗3分鐘。
2. 龍蝦尾用手將它屈鬆，之後用長匙羹尾端篤入龍蝦尾底部，貼住內殼篤入，用意把龍蝦肉與殼分離。之後再屈鬆龍蝦尾數下。
3. 用剪刀沿著龍蝦尾背部中間剪開殼，剪到最尾一格停，再向左右兩邊打橫剪一剪。
4. 用尖的刀仔篤入龍蝦尾兩邊側邊向入刮一刮，用意令龍蝦肉離開龍蝦殼，之後用手指伸入龍蝦尾底部用力頂龍蝦肉出來，直至到尾段停止。（此時狀態是3/4的龍蝦肉躺在龍蝦尾殼上）之後見到腸部除去，再把龍蝦尾用清水沖乾淨，索乾水份。之後龍蝦尾放在枱上攤開。
5. 碗內放入牛油，黑胡椒粉，鹽，蒜頭碎，撈勻。用匙羹刮一羹牛油塗在龍蝦肉上，直至全部龍蝦肉塗上牛油。
6. 氣炸鍋內的紅椒，黃椒，青椒，車厘茄倒出在碟上，備用。
7. 龍蝦再攤開尾部，逐隻逐隻平放入氣炸鍋內。用200度焗9 - 10分鐘。焗好後後取出，鋪在步驟6的碟上，之後用掃將已溶的牛油掃上在龍蝦肉上，即成。

English Version
(YouTube video starts at 3:29. Skip to 23:11 for finished products.)
Baked Lobster Tails with Garlic and Butter and Cherry Tomatoes
Ingredients:
Frozen Lobster tails
(Defrost and flex it a couple of times on both sides to loosen the meat by holding onto both ends of the lobster tail. Stick a chopstick into the underside and loosen the meat. Cut the upper shell through the center all the way to the tail and cut a vertical slit.
Use a small knife to carefully loosen the meat on both sides of the shell because frozen lobster tail meat tends to stick to the shell.
Slowly wiggle the meat out from the shell with your hand but leave the last part of the meat intact with the tail. Air fry with the shell on will retain its moisture and better presentation. Clean away any debris and pat dry.)

Vegetable Ingredients:
Bell peppers - cut into chunks (green, red, yellow)
Cherry tomatoes

Seasoning Ingredients:
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
Butter
Garlic, minced

Methods:
1. In a bowl, add in bell pepper chunks. Spray a bit of olive oil and add salt and black pepper. Mix well. Transfer to air fryer. Add in cherry tomatoes. Cook for 3 – 4 minutes at 200C. After 3 – 4 minutes, transfer to a serving plate and arrange nicely.

2. In a bowl, add in butter, salt, black pepper, and minced garlic. Mix well. Scoop a spoonful and smear on top of lobster tail meat.

3. Transfer lobster tails to the air fryer. Flatten the tail fins nicely. Cook at 200C for 9 minutes for juicy tender or 10 minutes for chewier texture.

4. Optional to drizzle melted butter on top before serving.

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【《金融時報》深度長訪】

今年做過數百外媒訪問，若要說最能反映我思緒和想法的訪問，必然是《金融時報》的這一個，沒有之一。

在排山倒海的訪問裡，這位記者能在短短個半小時裡，刻畫得如此傳神，值得睇。

Joshua Wong plonks himself down on a plastic stool across from me. He is there for barely 10 seconds before he leaps up to greet two former high school classmates in the lunchtime tea house melee. He says hi and bye and then bounds back. Once again I am facing the young man in a black Chinese collared shirt and tan shorts who is proving such a headache for the authorities in Beijing.

So far, it’s been a fairly standard week for Wong. On a break from a globe-trotting, pro-democracy lobbying tour, he was grabbed off the streets of Hong Kong and bundled into a minivan. After being arrested, he appeared on the front pages of the world’s newspapers and was labelled a “traitor” by China’s foreign ministry.

He is very apologetic about being late for lunch.

Little about Wong, the face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, can be described as ordinary: neither his Nobel Peace Prize nomination, nor his three stints in prison. Five years ago, his face was plastered on the cover of Time magazine; in 2017, he was the subject of a hit Netflix documentary, Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower. And he’s only 23.

We’re sitting inside a Cantonese teahouse in the narrow back streets near Hong Kong’s parliament, where he works for a pro-democracy lawmaker. It’s one of the most socially diverse parts of the city and has been at the heart of five months of unrest, which has turned into a battle for Hong Kong’s future. A few weekends earlier I covered clashes nearby as protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police, who fired back tear gas. Drunk expats looked on, as tourists rushed by dragging suitcases.

The lunch crowd pours into the fast-food joint, milling around as staff set up collapsible tables on the pavement. Construction workers sit side-by-side with men sweating in suits, chopsticks in one hand, phones in the other. I scan the menu: instant noodles with fried egg and luncheon meat, deep fried pork chops, beef brisket with radish. Wong barely glances at it before selecting the hometown fried rice and milk tea, a Hong Kong speciality with British colonial roots, made with black tea and evaporated or condensed milk.

“I always order this,” he beams, “I love this place, it’s the only Cantonese teahouse in the area that does cheap, high-quality milk tea.” I take my cue and settle for the veggie and egg fried rice and a lemon iced tea as the man sitting on the next table reaches over to shake Wong’s hand. Another pats him on the shoulder as he brushes by to pay the bill.

Wong has been a recognisable face in this city since he was 14, when he fought against a proposal from the Hong Kong government to introduce a national education curriculum that would teach that Chinese Communist party rule was “superior” to western-style democracy. The government eventually backed down after more than 100,000 people took to the streets. Two years later, Wong rose to global prominence when he became the poster boy for the Umbrella Movement, in which tens of thousands of students occupied central Hong Kong for 79 days to demand genuine universal suffrage.

That movement ended in failure. Many of its leaders were sent to jail, among them Wong. But the seeds of activism were planted in the generation of Hong Kongers who are now back on the streets, fighting for democracy against the world’s most powerful authoritarian state. The latest turmoil was sparked by a controversial extradition bill but has evolved into demands for true suffrage and a showdown with Beijing over the future of Hong Kong. The unrest in the former British colony, which was handed over to China in 1997, represents the biggest uprising on Chinese soil since the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing. Its climax, of course, was the Tiananmen Square massacre, when hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people were killed.

“We learnt a lot of lessons from the Umbrella Movement: how to deal with conflict between the more moderate and progressive camps, how to be more organic, how to be less hesitant,” says Wong. “Five years ago the pro-democracy camp was far more cautious about seeking international support because they were afraid of pissing off Beijing.”

Wong doesn’t appear to be afraid of irking China. Over the past few months, he has lobbied on behalf of the Hong Kong protesters to governments around the world. In the US, he testified before Congress and urged lawmakers to pass an act in support of the Hong Kong protesters — subsequently approved by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. In Germany, he made headlines when he suggested two baby pandas in the Berlin Zoo be named “Democracy” and “Freedom.” He has been previously barred from entering Malaysia and Thailand due to pressure from Beijing, and a Singaporean social worker was recently convicted and fined for organising an event at which Wong spoke via Skype.

The food arrives almost immediately. I struggle to tell our orders apart. Two mouthfuls into my egg and cabbage fried rice, I regret not ordering the instant noodles with luncheon meat.

In August, a Hong Kong newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist party published a photo of Julie Eadeh, an American diplomat, meeting pro-democracy student leaders including Wong. The headline accused “foreign forces” of igniting a revolution in Hong Kong. “Beijing says I was trained by the CIA and the US marines and I am a CIA agent. [I find it] quite boring because they have made up these kinds of rumours for seven years [now],” he says, ignoring his incessantly pinging phone.

Another thing that bores him? The media. Although Wong’s messaging is always on point, his appraisal of journalists in response to my questions is piercing and cheeky. “In 15-minute interviews I know journalists just need soundbites that I’ve repeated lots of times before. So I’ll say things like ‘I have no hope [as regards] the regime but I have hope towards the people.’ Then the journalists will say ‘oh that’s so impressive!’ And I’ll say ‘yes, I’m a poet.’ ”

And what about this choice of restaurant? “Well, I knew I couldn’t pick a five-star hotel, even though the Financial Times is paying and I know you can afford it,” he says grinning. “It’s better to do this kind of interview in a Hong Kong-style restaurant. This is the place that I conducted my first interview after I left prison.” Wong has spent around 120 days in prison in total, including on charges of unlawful assembly.

“My fellow prisoners would tell me about how they joined the Umbrella Movement and how they agreed with our beliefs. I think prisoners are more aware of the importance of human rights,” he says, adding that even the prison wardens would share with him how they had joined protests.

“Even the triad members in prison support democracy. They complain how the tax on cigarettes is extremely high and the tax on red wine is extremely low; it just shows how the upper-class elite lives here,” he says, as a waiter strains to hear our conversation. Wong was most recently released from jail in June, the day after the largest protests in the history of Hong Kong, when an estimated 2m people — more than a quarter of the territory’s 7.5m population — took to the streets.

Raised in a deeply religious family, he used to travel to mainland China every two years with his family and church literally to spread the gospel. As with many Hong Kong Chinese who trace their roots to the mainland, he doesn’t know where his ancestral village is. His lasting memory of his trips across the border is of dirty toilets, he tells me, mid-bite. He turned to activism when he realised praying didn’t help much.

“The gift from God is to have independence of mind and critical thinking; to have our own will and to make our own personal judgments. I don’t link my religious beliefs with my political judgments. Even Carrie Lam is Catholic,” he trails off, in a reference to Hong Kong’s leader. Lam has the lowest approval rating of any chief executive in the history of the city, thanks to her botched handling of the crisis.

I ask whether Wong’s father, who is also involved in social activism, has been a big influence. Wrong question.

“The western media loves to frame Joshua Wong joining the fight because of reading the books of Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King or because of how my parents raised me. In reality, I joined street activism not because of anyone book I read. Why do journalists always assume anyone who strives for a better society has a role model?” He glances down at his pinging phone and draws a breath, before continuing. “Can you really describe my dad as an activist? I support LGBTQ rights,” he says, with a fist pump. His father, Roger Wong, is a well-known anti-gay rights campaigner in Hong Kong.

I notice he has put down his spoon, with half a plate of fried rice untouched. I decide it would be a good idea to redirect our conversation by bonding over phone addictions. Wong, renowned for his laser focus and determination, replies to my emails and messages at all hours and has been described by his friends as “a robot.”

He scrolls through his Gmail, his inbox filled with unread emails, showing me how he categorises interview requests with country tags. His life is almost solely dedicated to activism. “My friends and I used to go to watch movies and play laser tag but now of course we don’t have time to play any more: we face real bullets every weekend.”

The protests — which have seen more than 3,300 people arrested — have been largely leaderless. “Do you ever question your relevance to the movement?” I venture, mid-spoonful of congealed fried rice.

“Never,” he replies with his mouth full. “We have a lot of facilitators in this movement and I’m one of them . . . it’s just like Wikipedia. You don’t know who the contributors are behind a Wikipedia page but you know there’s a lot of collaboration and crowdsourcing. Instead of just having a top-down command, we now have a bottom-up command hub which has allowed the movement to last far longer than Umbrella.

“With greater power comes greater responsibility, so the question is how, through my role, can I express the voices of the frontliners, of the street activism? For example, I defended the action of storming into the Legislative Council on July 1. I know I didn’t storm in myself . . . ” His phone pings twice. Finally he succumbs.

After tapping away for about 30 seconds, Wong launches back into our conversation, sounding genuinely sorry that he wasn’t there on the night when protesters destroyed symbols of the Chinese Communist party and briefly occupied the chamber.

“My job is to be the middleman to express, evaluate and reveal what is going on in the Hong Kong protests when the movement is about being faceless,” he says, adding that his Twitter storm of 29 tweets explaining the July 1 occupation reached at least four million people. I admit that I am overcome with exhaustion just scanning his Twitter account, which has more than 400,000 followers. “Well, that thread was actually written by Jeffrey Ngo from Demosisto,” he say, referring to the political activism group that he heads.

A network of Hong Kong activists studying abroad helps fuel his relentless public persona on social media and in the opinion pages of international newspapers. Within a week of his most recent arrest, he had published op-eds in The Economist, The New York Times, Quartz and the Apple Daily.

I wonder out loud if he ever feels overwhelmed at taking on the Chinese Communist party, a task daunting even for some of the world’s most formidable governments and companies. He peers at me over his wire-framed glasses. “It’s our responsibility; if we don’t do it, who will? At least we are not in Xinjiang or Tibet; we are in Hong Kong,” he says, referring to two regions on Chinese soil on the frontline of Beijing’s drive to develop a high-tech surveillance state. In Xinjiang, at least one million people are being held in internment camps. “Even though we’re directly under the rule of Beijing, we have a layer of protection because we’re recognised as a global city so [Beijing] is more hesitant to act.”

I hear the sound of the wok firing up in the kitchen and ask him the question on everyone’s minds in Hong Kong: what happens next? Like many people who are closely following the extraordinary situation in Hong Kong, he is hesitant to make firm predictions.

“Lots of think-tanks around the world say ‘Oh, we’re China experts. We’re born in western countries but we know how to read Chinese so we’re familiar with Chinese politics.’ They predicted the Communist party would collapse after the Tiananmen Square massacre and they’ve kept predicting this over the past three decades but hey, now it’s 2019 and we’re still under the rule of Beijing, ha ha,” he grins.

While we are prophesying, does Wong ever think he might become chief executive one day? “No local journalist in Hong Kong would really ask this question,” he admonishes. As our lunch has progressed, he has become bolder in dissecting my interview technique. The territory’s chief executive is currently selected by a group of 1,200, mostly Beijing loyalists, and he doubts the Chinese Communist party would ever allow him to run. A few weeks after we meet he announces his candidacy in the upcoming district council elections. He was eventually the only candidate disqualified from running — an order that, after our lunch, he tweeted had come from Beijing and was “clearly politically driven”.

We turn to the more ordinary stuff of 23-year-olds’ lives, as Wong slurps the remainder of his milk tea. “Before being jailed, the thing I was most worried about was that I wouldn’t be able to watch Avengers: Endgame,” he says.

“Luckily, it came out around early May so I watched it two weeks before I was locked up in prison.” He has already quoted Spider-Man twice during our lunch. I am unsurprised when Wong picks him as his favourite character.

“I think he’s more . . . ” He pauses, one of the few times in the interview. “Compared to having an unlimited superpower or unlimited power or unlimited talent just like Superman, I think Spider-Man is more human.” With that, our friendly neighbourhood activist dashes off to his next interview.

Hello friends! December is finally here! Today we're going to share with you how to make a cutest mini gingerbread houses, it’s also a mug topper.

Christmas is coming. It's so much fun to have with your family to create these cutest mini gingerbread houses. Decorating the gingerbread house can be a great party idea, it's more fun than eating. Especially these tiny gingerbread houses mug toppers, they are adorable.

Making gingerbread dough is super easy. In this video, we’ll show you how to make the best gingerbread dough with fresh ginger to create a natural flavor. Using fresh ginger gives it an intense ginger flavor, and it’s easy to get, too. In addition to the dough recipe, we will also share with you how to easily make royal icing. Are you ready to have fun with us? Enjoy.

This is an #ASMR ver, you can check out the other version that with BGM and Voices in Chinese if you like:
https://youtu.be/f4KKEkmKOsI
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How to make Mini Gingerbread House Mug Topper Recipe
Mini Gingerbread House Mug Topper Recipe

🎄 Preparation:
➊ A mini gingerbread house template download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16UvJW9EbfkjbUShTVKdqI1HlU194e-7c/view
➋ piping bags and nozzles, or make a parchment bag for piping, 2mm is for sticking, 1.5mm is for decoration
🎄 Yields: Can make 14~16 gingerbread houses

✎ Ingredients
🎄 For the cookies
unsalted butter 125g, softened
brown sugar 90g
molasses 58g
egg 1, at room temperature
all purpose flour 370g
baking soda 5g
salt 2.5g
grated ginger 10g
ground cinnamon 1.5g
nutmeg powder 1g

🎄 For the Royal Icing
vanilla extract 1.5g
powdered sugar 200g, sifted
powdered egg white 7.5g
warm water 25g~30g

✎ Instructions
🎄 For the cookies
1. In a large bowl, add butter, sugar and molasses, beat on mid-low speed, mix well until light and smooth.
2. Add egg and ginger, beat on medium speed until well combined. Scrape down the sides and the bottom of the bowl and beat again if needed to combine.
3. Sift the flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, nutmeg powder and salt.
4. Fold in all dry ingredients, continue to mix until well blended, the dough should come together.
5. Transfer the dough out onto a work surface and knead until the dough is smooth and combined. Wrap the dough with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to chill.
6. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
7. Lightly flour the work surface and roll the dough to about 3mm thick.
8. Dust the dough lightly with flour to avoid sticking. Place the house pattern pieces on the dough, dip the knife into flour and cut out the pattern pieces from the dough (cut the door, but remove it after baking). You will need TWO of each shape.
9. Bake at 170°C for 10 minutes or until the edges are just beginning to brown. Large pieces will need more time.
10. Once baked, cut the door first, and then remove all cookies on racks to cool completely.

🎄 For the royal icing
1. Sieve the 200g of powdered sugar and 7.5g of powdered egg white in a bowl.
2. Add 1.5g of vanilla extract and 25g of warm water and beat at medium speed for 5 minutes.
3. Fill the Pastry Bag With Royal Icing. You will need at least two piping bags, one is for a thick line to glue the pieces of house together. Another one is a thin line to decorate the house. The royal icing is the best icing to use for gingerbread houses, it'll dry hard and last throughout the holiday season.

🎄 Assembling
1. Start with the front and the back pieces and two sides, then take the side piece and stick them together, do the same with the other side.
2. Grab the back piece and give it a nice firm. Then the base of the house is done. Wait for the icing sets before adding the roof.
3. Sticking the roof pieces in the same way, add lines of icing on all the edges, hold them together and allow the icing to set. It's probably best to let this dry overnight that way all the royal icing is definitely hard before decorating.
4. You can decorate with any pattern you like and custom detail. You can practice how to draw a line or draw a pattern on a board or plate before putting them on your house. But remember, once finished the decorating, please let the icing dry for a couple hours. Have fun.
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Chapters:
00:00 opening
00:32 ingredients
01:28 Making gingerbread dough
04:52 Dividing, rolling and cutting(gingerbread house and gingerbread man)
07:29 Set the oven, let it cool off
08:04 Making Royal icing
09:00 Handmade Piping bag
09:49 Assembling
12:01 Final result
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