Pizza Royale 007!

A friend of mine, Dominic Crolla recently won PAPA’s (The Pizza and Pasta Association) Pizza Designer of the Year Award for 2006. It was a pizza specially created to coincide with the new James Bond movie, "Casino Royale".







Therefore, via eBay, to celebrate National Pizza Indulgence Day on 17th November, The Fred Hollows Foundation (UK) in association with The Pizza and Pasta Association (PAPA) are auctioning this magnificent example of the pizza maker's art.



The prize is one pizza (described below), prepared for the winner by Domenico Crolla at his Bella Napoli restaurant (85 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow G41 3YR Tel: 07971098765) or in your home - subject to agreement (email the seller to confirm prior to placing your bid if you have any doubt).


“The title is very appropriate given the expensive ingredients and use of gold leaf. If James Bond ate pizza, this would be the one," says Domenico. "The dough is hand made using the finest Canadian & Italian blended wheat, flavoured with Extra Virgin olive oil, organic Australian honey, organic egg yolks and Italian sun-dried tomatoes. It’s allowed to mature for 24 hours to develop taste and texture. The sauce is made with top quality Neapolitan tomatoes produced to D.O.C standards - delicious and expensive – and hand-picked, organic basil and oregano. Hand-picked saffron gives exotic colour and flavour to the sauce as do the best quality, hand-pressed Italian olive oils. The toppings will be laid out on the base like an antipasto dish, not one ‘big combo’, allowing the individual flavours to stand out. Toppings include Beluga caviar, Scottish smoked wild salmon, and San Daniele Prosciutto drizzled with Modena extra special vintage balsamic vinegar. Lobster marinated in Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac, grilled Scottish venison medallions with sweet Bourbon glaze, grilled Aberdeen Angus fillet and corn-fed fajita chicken made with imported Mexican chillis would complete the line-up. After baking , the pizza is topped with hand torn (not sliced) Mozzarella di Buffalo and thinly shaved white truffles and dressed with 24 carat gold leaf giving this epic pizza a look which is both expensive and unique."

This is a charity listing so bid generously and, you never know, you might also break the record for the World's Most Expensive pizza which currently stands around £2,000. All the money raised through the auction will be going to The Fred Hollows Foundation UK (registered charity no. 1074478) that provides cataract operations for blind people in developing countries (Every £16 raised means that another person will get their sight back).

It's for a good cause so get bidding!

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Frisson des Vampires, Le Limited Collector's Edition (2.000 pcs)

PRICE € 26,99

SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE: 26,99 VALID UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH

REGULAR PRICE: 29,99

A two disc digipack with slipcase and a 32 page full color book! Limited edition in Encore's superb "Jean Rollin" series of only 2.000 pcs! Le Frisson des Vampires is a classic Jean Rollin movie. From its freaky pop soundtrack by Acanthus and stunning lead actresses Julien and Dominique, through its erotic and lyrical scenes at the cemetery and up to its poetic conclusion, the film oozes the kind of atmosphere filmgoers have come to expect from the French maestro. This picture is a true time machine: it brings one back to a period when European filmmakers dared to cross all boundaries and fantastic cinema had truly mesmerizing quality. Newlyweds Jean-Marie Durand and Sandra Julien spend their honeymoon on the countryside and visit a mysterious castle. There they get involved in a series of strange events: it turns out that the castle is inhabited by vampires. Especially the female one (cult actress Dominique) has some special plans for Julien...

DVD features:

Disc one: * Feature Film Le Frisson des Vampires * New anamorphic 16x9 version scanned and colorgraded from the original negatives, unique quality level. * The soundtrack is digitally remastered.

Disc two: * Slideshow with more than 100 rare photo's * Audio commentary by Jean Rollin * Deleted scenes * Original trailer Book: * Essay on "Le Frisson des Vampires" * Loads of rare photo's


Also known as:
Shiver of the Vampires
France
1971

Director: Jean Rollin
Language: French, English
Subtitles: English, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish
System: PAL
Region: 0
Genre: Horror
Label: Encore

Nuit des Traquées, La Limited Collector's Edition (2.000 pcs)
PRICE € 26,99
SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE: 24,99 VALID UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH

REGULAR PRICE: 26,99

A two disc digipack with slipcase and a 32 page full color book! Limited edition in Encore's superb "Jean Rollin" series of only 2.000 pcs! La Nuit des Traquées is an exceptional work, even within Jean Rollin's enigmatic oeuvre. The film doesn't feature the director's usual ingredients like vampires and lyrical atmosphere, but has a very realistic and chilling touch. Rollin also manages to include creepy echoes of the Second World War in his utterly compelling and highly melancholic tale of doomed love. Ona cold dark night a mysterious blonde girl is seen running around in the woods. It's Elisabeth (Brigitte Lahaie), who has escaped from a high-rise prison, where people are kept who have been contaminated by an environmental accident. Their thoughts, memories and emotions are slowly eaten away by disease, turning them into sad, helpless creatures. A young man (Vincent Carder) has fallen in love with Elisabeth and tries to help her escape. But the clinic's henchmen are ruthless...

DVD features:

Disc one: * Feature Film * Original Trailer * New anamorphic 16x9 version scanned and colorgraded from the original negatives, unique quality level. * The soundtrack is digitally remastered.

Disc two: * Interview Brigitte Lahaie * Interview Lionell Wallmann * Audio commentary by Jean Rollin and Brigitte Lahaie * Audio commentary by Jean Rollin * Picture Gallery * Interview Alain Plumey and the museum of eroticism * Alternative scenes "Hard Version"

Book * Essay on "La Nuit des Traquées * Loads of rare photo's

Also known as
Night of the Hunted
France
1980
Director: Jean Rollin
Language: French
Subtitles: English, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish
System: PAL
Region: 0
Genre: Horror
Label: Encore