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• 6 New Home-Decor Items We’re Craving Now

  19-03-2017 23:00
  
  From golden Champagne goblets to a copper palm-frond bowl, these pieces shine bright…
  
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• Missouri childhood home of late Maya Angelou up for sale

  19-03-2017 18:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis childhood home of late poet Maya Angelou is up for sale.With a listed price of $159,000, the 1,100-square-foot place at 3130 Hickory St. was Angelou's home for her first three years and, after her death in 2014 at the age of 86, was given local landmark status.The...
  
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• Throw the First Pitch at a Red Sox Game with Help from Hotel Commonwealth

  19-03-2017 18:00
  
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  The package includes accommodation in a Fenway-themed suite and time with the World Series trophy…Viju Mathew
  
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• Lobster-crazy China sets record for US crustacean imports

  19-03-2017 17:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ROCKPORT, Maine - The expanding market for lobsters in China is continuing to grow, with the country setting a new record for the value of its imports of the crustaceans from the United States.American lobster was almost unheard of in China until 2010, when the value of imports grew 250 per...
  
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• Haddock has taken a battering – so what now for your fish and chips?

  19-03-2017 17:00
  
  Stocks of the species are low but fishmongers recommend lots of tasty alternatives“It’s OK to eat fish / cause they don’t have any feelings,” sang Kurt Cobain in the early 90s, but the ethics of ocean sustainability have come into sharper focus since then. Last week, for instance, haddock from three North Sea and west Scotland fisheries were removed from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS)’s “green list” of fish to eat after stocks dipped below critica
  
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• A New Generation of Luxury Rises in Turks and Caicos

  19-03-2017 17:00
  
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  A trio of new resorts is tempting travelers to rethink Turks and Caicos…Jackie Caradonio
  
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• Saffron growers look to get a foothold in the US

  19-03-2017 14:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BURLINGTON, Vt. - As spring crocus blooms approach, some growers have visions of a fall-flowering crocus that produces saffron, the world's most valuable spice.University of Vermont researchers have been raising the exotic spice now grown primarily in Iran and are encouraging growers to tap...
  
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• No opioids, please: Clearing the way to refuse prescriptions

  19-03-2017 14:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. - The ease of relapsing into opioid addiction has led a growing number of states to help residents make it clear to medical professionals they do not want to be prescribed the powerful painkillers.Connecticut and Alaska are two of the latest considering legislation this year
  
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• Nigel Slater’s recipes using bread

  19-03-2017 14:00
  
  Got some leftover bread? Then you already have the makings of a superbly comforting supper…For all the excitement of bringing home a freshly baked loaf, crisp enough to shatter under the bread knife, with a chewy crust that is usually removed, buttered and devoured before I even have my coat off, there is inevitably some left after a day or two that is beyond toast.The weather was so cold this week I layered half a loaf, toasted and lavishly buttered, in a baking dish with cheese, ham and
  
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• Wine and the Brexit effect

  19-03-2017 13:00
  
  A falling pound, rising inflation – time to stock up on wines from Chile and South AfricaThere are at least two things that everyone can agree with on Brexit. First: nobody has any idea what’s going to happen next. Second: we can all share in the miserable certainty that, for the rest of our lives and quite possibly our children’s and grandchildren’s, Brexit will be the excuse or the explanation for most things that happen in the UK. Since 23 June, any crumb of positive e
  
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• Jonathan Meades: ‘If I’d been in England, I’d be dead’

  19-03-2017 13:00
  
  The critic and author, recovering from heart surgery in France, discusses architecture, Jeremy Hunt and life in Marseille while cooking dishes from his new book of recipes, A Plagiarist in the KitchenJonathan Meades has spent an adult lifetime on unlikely pilgrimages of one kind or another, partly to test his contention that “there is no such thing as a boring place”. For the BBC he has gone in search of the architectural essence of Birmingham, and the discrete joys of Essex; he has
  
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• Richard Johnson: ‘After weighing-out, I had tea, a biscuit and a couple of cocktail sausages’

  19-03-2017 12:30
  
  The champion jockey on the temptations of Chocolate Buttons and how a hot tub and a bowl of peas helps him keep his weight downFor so many years, while he beat me to be champion jump jockey, my great rival AP McCoy’s intake seemed to consist entirely of fast food, cola and Kit-Kats, then nothing for three days.I grew up on the family farm. As a child, before Sunday lunch, I remember going to the field with a little bucket and my dad digging the first baby potatoes from the bottom of a root
  
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• From Instagram to TV ads, what’s the science behind food porn?

  19-03-2017 12:00
  
  What does the bombardment of food imagery do to our brains and bodies? The ‘gastrophysicist’ who has worked with Heston Blumenthal explains all in an extract from his new bookYour brain is your body’s most blood-thirsty organ, using around 25% of total blood flow (or energy) – despite the fact that it accounts for only 2% of body mass. Given that our brains have evolved to find food, it should perhaps come as little surprise to discover that some of the largest increases
  
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• Micro trends for spring/summer 2017 – in pictures

  19-03-2017 11:02
  
  The twists that bring the season to life, from mismatched footwear and workplace chic to mini handbags and high-fashion headgearRead more from the spring/summer 2017 edition of The Fashion, our biannual fashion supplement
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• How hard is it to be a chef and a mother with young children?

  19-03-2017 11:00
  
  Five professional cooks discuss how having kids changed their lives, in the kitchen and at home Margot, 52, co-owns Rochelle Canteen and catering company Arnold & Henderson in Shoreditch, east London. She and husband Fergus Henderson have three children together: Hector, 22, Owen, 21 and Francis, 17 Continue reading...
  
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• Six easy vegetarian recipes from the Green Kitchen

  19-03-2017 10:00
  
  David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl, the husband and wife team behind the acclaimed blog Green Kitchen, now have three children. They’re the inspiration for their new collection of fuss-free recipes including sweet potato wraps and blueberry and yogurt cakeTwo things have happened in David Frenkiel’s life recently that have prompted him to think about the meaning of home – the most obvious being that he has just written a book about it.Frenkiel is the Swede behind food blog Green
  
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• Welcome to the March issue of Observer Food Monthly

  19-03-2017 09:00
  
  In anticipation of Easter, Lorraine Pascale taste-tests chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and simnel cake, while the Green Kitchen supplies great everyday vegetarian recipes, and five women chefs relate how motherhood has affected their lives in and out of the kitchenI first started cooking at Easter, a birthday treat of making butterfly cakes with my mum. To this day I have a fondness for Easter baking, the cinnamon-scented stickiness of a hot cross bun and the excuse to make another fruit cake so
  
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• Len & Alex Deighton’s Italian Cookstrips: Caponata

  19-03-2017 09:00
  
  Italy and Africa influence Sicilian food. The same dish will vary on opposite sides of the island. Every nonna has her own caponata. Don’t quote us, but stir it into pasta, grate over ricotta salata and it’s Pasta alla Norma.
  Len Deighton is the author of the Action Cookbook and French Cooking for Men (HarperCollins)Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I like it when people think this is real’: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on The Trip to Spain

  19-03-2017 09:00
  
  Yes, they bicker. Yes, they do impressions. And, as well as celebrating food, this new series of improvised comedy also explores – brilliantly – masculinity and middle ageThe rain in Spain falls mainly on the restaurant – a sudden autumn downpour that spills over the sides of the patio awning and swirls around the table legs at Txoko, a popular bistro overlooking the harbour in the Basque town of Getaria. Diners run for cover, waiters hurry tables, chairs, crockery indoors, and
  
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• Kyushu island, Japan: shrines and shugendo on the Kunisaki peninsula

  19-03-2017 08:00
  
  A walking holiday on the Japanese island takes in rice-covered valleys, forests of cedar and bamboo, and the spirit of shugendo – though fortunately not its testing ritualsAs Japanese lifestyle fads go, the ancient art of shugendo isn’t going to knock Marie Kondo off the bestseller lists. Its secret rituals, practised in the mountains of the Kunisaki peninsula, include treacherous climbs on rusty chains and regular dowsings in freezing cold waterfalls. Its disciples spend days and ni
  
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• Dietary supplements – are they fit for purpose?

  19-03-2017 08:00
  
  Can all those drinks, capsules and powders really improve your sporting performance? We asked the expertsThere are hundreds of powders, gels and bars that promise to improve an athlete’s performance. But judging which ones are based on good scientific evidence and which might be useful for a particular activity or individual is a bewildering business.Even the fact that professional sports teams use particular products might not be an indicator of their effectiveness – they may merely
  
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• Discovering holes in my Skoda Yeti… and in my £729 Mapfre warranty

  19-03-2017 07:59
  
  I faced a £6,500 repair bill but it wouldn’t accept my local garage’s reportI bought a 2010 Skoda Yeti 4x4, with 31,680 miles on the clock, for £12,000 in March 2014. It came with a three-year warranty from Available Cars in Castle Donington costing £729, which was provided by Mapfre Abraxas.In early January I noticed an oil patch on the drive. Despite seeing no further sign of any problems, I took the car to a local garage for further investigation. To my horror I
  
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• The selfie-takers dying just to prove how alive they are

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  More than 100 people have been killed taking selfies since 2014. What does this say about the power of a picture?Like those high-pitched alarms only teenagers can hear, the song of the selfie siren doesn’t work on everyone. But for those it does, those whose ears are tuned to their suicidal frequency and whose camera has never faced outwards, be warned. People are dying.In 2015, there were more deaths due to selfies than shark attacks Continue reading...
  
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• The health benefits of growing purple potatoes

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  Purple tatties not only look good – they could help ward off strokes and heart diseaseOK, I’ll admit it. In the past I haven’t been resoundingly positive about growing potatoes. That’s because on my tiny plot in Croydon I have found growing the commercial white varieties (think King Edwards) delivers crops with taste and nutrition much like those in the shops, just in exchange for a whole lot more time and effort. Compare this to the almost night and day difference betwee
  
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• The eco guide to mainstream organics

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  We need to learn from the Danish supermarkets, where organic produce is front and centre, not nicheSay you were to swap your weekly shop with a Dane, you’d notice something strange. In Danish supermarkets like SuperBrugsen, myriad organic products are proudly displayed at the front. Try tracking down anything more exciting than an organic carrot in a UK supermarket.With this in mind our Organic Trade Board wants us to be more Danish and go mainstream organic. There’s some way to go.
  
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• Peach Tree and Momo-No-Ki, Shrewsbury: restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  A modern British bistro and a Japanese ramen house out of one kitchen? Somehow it works and it’s lots of funThe Peach Tree and Momo-No-Ki, 18-21 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AE (01743 355055). Meal for two, including wine and service: £50-£100Just outside the loop in the River Severn that encloses the heart of old Shrewsbury, all mullion windows, dark beams and twisted brick, is a mini restaurant row. Here, facing the abbey, is a Cuban bar with an entirely un-Cuban menu of b
  
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• My friend told me not to freeze my eggs and now I'm childless

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  Blaming your friend for a decision you took in the past will not solve your problem. Channel your anger into tackling your possibilities for conceptionThe dilemma At the age of 35, I was single and childless, so I considered egg freezing. I found a clinic, sorted out transport and worked out costs. But before I went ahead I spoke to a close friend who strongly warned me against the idea. She stated removing eggs from your body and storing them in a freezer was silly. I respected my friend as she
  
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• How to parent without limitations| Trevor Silvester

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  Foisting unnecessary fears on to our children can severely limit their futuresFor 20 years I’ve sat in my therapy room and listened to people. I’ve heard hundreds of stories from childhood that have led to lives of pain and limitation. Some are what you’d expect – abuse, trauma and deprivation – but many are much more mundane. Can a bad first day at school really lead to a fear of failure? Can a single moment of rejection lead to serial relationship disasters? It ce
  
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• How self-employment affects the brain | Daniel Glaser

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  When you are in charge of what’s happening, movement is more graceful. But the gig economy does not allow such autonomyThe current debate about the rights of the self-employed raises the question of how much control we have over our work. Is an Uber driver really their own boss if they are controlled by a corporation? And how much does it affect work performance?A great deal, from a neuroscientific perspective. There is a crucial difference between movements you control and movements you m
  
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• How likely is your marriage to succeed? Start by counting the guests – quiz

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  Try our quiz to find out the relationship between the size and cost of your wedding and its likely successDoes the size and cost of your wedding predict the success of your marriage? Answer these two questions to find out.1) How many people came to your wedding? (a) Just the two of us (b) 11-50 (c) 51-100 (d) 101-200 (e) 201 or more. Continue reading...
  
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• Crowded house: inside a sculptor’s ‘museum’ home | Serena Fokschaner

  19-03-2017 07:00
  
  Artist Rachel Ducker’s Oxford home is more like a cabinet of curiosities than a living space
  “I warn you, it’s a bit of museum,” says artist Rachel Ducker, leading the way down the narrow corridor of her Oxford flat, past teetering bookcases. It is hard to know where to look first. On walls and tabletops, birdcages jostle with antlers, Gothic mirrors vie with peacock feathers and every surface teems with offbeat objects, adding to the impression that you have stepped into
  
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• The pick of Portuguese wines | David Williams

  19-03-2017 06:59
  
  There is a lot more to the wines of Portugal than the Douro. Here is a trio of easy drinking reds to help you appreciate the range on offerExtra Special Douro, Portugal 2014 (£5.48, Asda) The Douro Valley, traditional home of port, has been transformed in the past couple of decades, becoming the source of many of Portugal’s finest unfortified red wines (not to mention some of its most intriguing whites). I wouldn’t put Asda’s version in that exalted company, but the way i
  
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• Most Interesting Man judges beard contest; girl's dad wins

  19-03-2017 06:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. - A man who helped pitch Dos Equis beer as the Most Interesting Man in the World turned his attention from his favourite beer to his favourite beard by judging a competition called Vermont Beardies.Actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who lives in Manchester and sports a closely cropped...
  
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• Ex-'Most Interesting Man' to help judge best beard contest

  19-03-2017 04:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. - The man who once helped pitch Dos Equis beer as the "most interesting man in the world" turned his attention from his favourite beer to his favourite beard by judging a Saturday competition called Vermont Beardies.Actor Jonathan Goldsmith, who lives in Manchester and sports a...
  
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• Meet Mofu – The Fake Vegetable / Fruit Substitute

  19-03-2017 04:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Do you feel weird (I don’t) consuming meats in front of your vegetarian or even worse vegan friends? Made feel horrible by their guilty looks and comments.
  Well now there Mofu, the vegatable / fruit substitute. It’s actually meat but it tastes, looks and smells like vegetables or fruits. So you now have your meat fix even if you’re forced to attend to yet another vegan picnic. The best of course paying it back…
  Mofu – Like The Real Deal
  How many times have you been
  
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• The biggest financial risk for women today? Embarking on a relationship

  19-03-2017 01:05
  
  A new report underlines how financial inequality is built into divorceIt was five years ago that Emma Cooper and her husband separated. Since then, her divorce has dominated her life. The 47-year-old has spent much time and energy fighting her ex in court – over custody of their three children and financial support – with legal bills topping £85,000.Her former partner, a banker, dropped his maintenance payments to a bare minimum after being made redundant, despite having a six-
  
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• The Universal Whisky Experience Returns to Vegas in April

  19-03-2017 00:00
  
  Top distillers will pour legendary whiskies at this year’s event…Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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