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Ligia's Kitchen

Ligia’s Kitchen: Green Smoothie

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We (Ligia and I) present episode 16 of Ligia’s Kitchen, published for your viewing pleasure late last night. It shows you how to make a nutritious green smoothie. The green smoothie is, of course, a basic raw vegan recipe, but one which is often prepared incorrectly. If the fruits and vegetables used as its ingredients aren’t properly selected, the wrong combinations might give you indigestion or flatulence… While most men enjoy a little potty humor, it’s never funny when others are laughing about us, so do take care to observe this recipe — or other well-known green smoothie recipes — properly.

There is one small correction to the video, which we only observed in the final editing step. It’s only noticeable for those who speak Romanian. Ligia says at one point we should “alter” the kinds of green leafy vegetables used in the green smoothie. What she meant to say was “alternate”, or switch between various kinds of leafy vegetables, so as to offer some needed variety in the taste of this daily drink.

LK-016-RO-HD with English subtitles
Released 5/2/11

Ligia's Kitchen

Ligia’s Kitchen: Raw Apple Cake

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Here’s episode 15 of Ligia’s Kitchen! When you watch it, you’ll find out how to make a delectable raw apple cake. To those who’ve patiently waited for it, sorry — we’ve been bogged down by renovations and other projects these past couple of weeks.

LK-015-RO-HD with English subtitles
Released 4/16/11

Events

YouTube and WordPress update oEmbed player to include CC button

This is big news for those of us providing captions or subtitles for the videos published on YouTube. I noticed today that the oEmbed video player for YouTube videos, the one used for all WordPress blogs, has been updated to include the CC button. It didn’t have it the last time I checked, which was yesterday. My site subscribers would always ask me where the CC button was, and how to see the subtitles, and I had to tell them to go see the video directly on YouTube if they wanted subtitles, which was a bit of a chore, and it certainly didn’t make things obvious and easy for folks who were using that feature for the first time.

Well, I’m glad to announce that from now on, you’ll be able to turn video subtitles on or off right here, on my website, and for those videos of mine where I’m providing two separate subtitles tracks, you’ll be able to switch between them as well.

I can’t tell you enough how pleased I am about this. For someone like me, who produces video shows for international audiences, YouTube’s CC feature is key, and the ability to control subtitles from within the oEmbed player used on my websites is key as well. So I’d like to thank both WordPress and YouTube for updating the video player and for making my life easier!

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Romania Through Their Eyes

Romania Through Their Eyes – Laurie Webb

The third episode of my show, Romania Through Their Eyes, has just gone live. This interview features Laurie Webb, who is from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. He moved to Romania about a year ago, and he is currently renovating an old Saxon home in the village of Roandola, Southern Transilvania, in order to turn it into a bed and breakfast called Casa Cristina Roandola.

As with the first episode, both English and Romanian subtitles will be available. In order to access them, you’ll need to see the video directly on YouTube, so either click on the video above, or click on the link below. Once on YouTube, use the CC button to select the language for the subtitles.

Episode RTTE-003-EN-HD
Released 4/4/11

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Ligia's Kitchen

Ligia’s Kitchen – Spring Sprout Salad

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In episode 14 of Ligia’s Kitchen, Ligia makes a nutritious spring sprout salad — just the thing to get us nourished after a cold winter.

English subtitles are available on YouTube (toggle them on/off with the CC button).

Episode LK-014-RO-HD
Released 4/4/11