1-year-old chef sets Instagram on fire, gets 1.4 mn followers
New Delhi: A tiny toddler known as “Chef Kobe” has gained over 1.4 million followers on Instagram within months of opening the account, as lockdown-hit netizens the world over crave to watch short videos featuring his antics in the kitchen.
The handle, “Kobe Eats”, is, of course, managed by the parents of the toddler, who is all of 1-year-old.
“Chef Kobe” likes “to cook, eat & explore in the kitchen,” reads his bio.
The videos offer tutorials for all types of recipes from butter chicken and naan to mac and cheese.
“I made butter chicken and naan with my mom! She helped a lot with this one because there was lots of work to be done on the stove.. I made a few mistakes but that’s okay, it was a lot of fun to make this!!! I especially loved the part where I ate naan. A lot of it. I love naan,” read the caption of a video posted three days ago.
Viewed by lakhs of people, the video garnered over 6,700 comments.”I hope he never tastes himself because he is too cute and like a candy,” wrote one follower.
Another follower asked the baby chef if he could make some Indonessian food.
According to a report in the CNN, the baby’s mother started recording the videos of him in the kitchen to share with family and friends.
“Kobe Eats” debuted on Instagram at the end of February, and the account had just about 200 followers till April 15, said the report. And then the word spread fast. And so the rise of the baby chef’s followers. (IANS)
Alligator rumoured to have been Hitler’s dies in Moscow
Moscow: An alligator that many people believe once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo.
The zoo said the alligator, named Saturn, was about 84 years old when died on Friday. According to the zoo, Saturn was born in the United States and later sent to the Berlin Zoo, from which he escaped when the zoo was bombed in 1943. His whereabouts were unknown until 1946, when British soldiers found him and gave him to the Soviet Union, the zoo said.
“Almost immediately, the myth was born that he was allegedly in the collection of Hitler and not in the Berlin Zoo,” the zoo said in a statement. But, it noted, “animals are not involved in war and politics and it is absurd to blame them for human sins.” (AP)
No urinals? Toilets could evolve post-virus
London: Toilet experts say urinals may be consigned to history as part of measures to make public conveniences safe for the post-coronavirus world.
Raymond Martin, managing director of the British Toilet Association, says business and governments need to adapt public toilets to make them infection-resistant, adding technology such as foot-operated flushes and sensor-activated taps. Hospitality industry groups in Britain have also proposed replacing rows of urinals with cubicle-only washrooms for both men and women. Martin told the Sunday Times that transforming toilets would be expensive, but “we want to bring back life to this country, and toilets are a vital part of that.”
He said “tourist offices all over the country should be telling visitors: ‘Come see our castle, come see our beaches, come see our state-of-the-art toilets.’” (AP)
New York Times’ front page lists virus victims
New York: The New York Times has devoted Sunday’s entire front page to a long list of names of people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.
The names and brief descriptions culled from obituaries from around the country fill six columns under the headline “U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss,” with a subheadline reading: “They Were Not Simply Names on a List. They Were Us.” The all-text list takes the place of the usual articles, photographs and graphics in an effort to convey the vastness and variety of lives lost, according to Simone Landon, assistant editor of the graphics desk. A tally kept by Johns Hopkins University says more than 96,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States.
Tom Bodkin, chief creative officer of The Times, said he did not remember any front pages without images, though there have been pages with only graphics, during his 40 years at the newspaper. (AP)