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• Ever wanted to live in 2 nations at once? Here's your chance

  10-06-2017 15:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  BEEBE PLAIN, Vt. - For sale: A 1782 fixer-upper with thick granite walls, 1950s decor, and armed 24-hour security provided by both Canada and the United States of America.The almost ......
  
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• Sam Panopoulos, inventor of Hawaiian pizza, dies aged 83

  10-06-2017 13:38
  
  Restaurateur is credited with being the first to put pineapple on pizza in the 1960s, setting off a global debate that still ragesThe man credited with inventing the Hawaiian pizza, triggering endless debate around the world about the legitimacy of pineapple on the Italian staple, has died aged 83.Sam Panopoulos emigrated from Greece to Canada in 1954 at the age of 20 and ran several restaurants in Ontario with his two brothers.Continue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Lee’s recipe for Russian berry and rhubarb sour cream pie

  10-06-2017 13:00
  
  Filled with gooseberry and rhubarb – or your choice of jam – this gloriously rich pud comes from Russian with love (and a dollop of sour cream)...Many years ago, I tuned in to a telly programme of which I remember but two things. One: that restaurant reviewer Victor Lewis Smith, in a review of my cooking at the Blueprint Cafe (most flattering that I was even worthy of a review), called me “Le Ponce de la Tour”. And two: this lovely recipe for a Russian sour cream pie.I gr
  
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• Ask Alys: what edibles can I plant by a west-facing wall?

  10-06-2017 12:00
  
  Alys Fowler suggests just the thingWhat can I plant at the base of a west-facing, ivy-covered wall? I’d like something edible. Ivy tends to be a giant slug and snail hotel, with all that lovely dense foliage where they can hang out and wait till you’ve planted something tender to eat. If you want to go for edibles, choose something slug-resistant and perennial rather than annual veg that will have a hard time competing with the ivy roots. Continue reading...
  
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• 'They were entwined': the twins found at Dover's white cliffs

  10-06-2017 11:00
  
  The 59-year-olds were found with their parents’ ashes in their rucksacks. How did they get there? Jenny Kleeman reports
  The white cliffs of Dover jut majestically towards the sky like bitten meringue, but the port beneath them is a busy, grimy place, buzzing with the hum of industrial machinery, crammed with lorries queueing to board huge ferries that chug black smoke. Even 100m up, you can’t escape the noise of the engines and drills, the broken metallic twang of public address anno
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s rhubarb recipes

  10-06-2017 10:00
  
  From jams and salads to pickles and desserts, rhubarb is a lot more versatile than you might thinkRhubarb is either forced or field-grown. The forced kind is the one everyone celebrates at the start of the year, when those slender, hot-pink stalks provide a welcome contrast to the greys of winter. It hands over the baton to field-grown rhubarb at the end of March/beginning of April, which is greener on account of being grown outdoors and so benefiting from photosynthesis, and has slightly stubbi
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the eldest child

  10-06-2017 10:00
  
  I had to be sensible, responsible – and now our parents are old, I have to play that role againIt could have been any of us, but it happened to be me. A brief 18 months of undivided attention and love as the only child, before three more appeared. The second was a severe blow. No doubt, learning the need to share was important, but I had tasted the life of an only child.Then came years of requests to look after a younger sibling, exhortations of, “You should be setting a be
  
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• I bow to The West Wing on most things. But even Rob Lowe gets it wrong

  10-06-2017 10:00
  
  Sam Seaborn was right: terrorists generally don’t win, but they have a chance when a country eagerly dances to their tuneIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a journalist in possession of some thoughts about politics must be in want of a quote from The West Wing. Now, you might reasonably think, a box set about politics does not provide the kind of escapism I’m pretty sure we all desire at this point. But allow me to reassure you: the political world presented in Aaron Sorkin&
  
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• Modern tribes: the best man

  10-06-2017 09:01
  
  Don’t worry mate, what goes on a stag do stays on a stag do and I’m not just talking about your boxersSo – whoops, there goes my glass – no worries, I’ll take the bride’s, you won’t mind will you love, you’ve had enough, must have done to marry Dave! No only kidding, she’s lovely isn’t she? So, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, let me introduce myself: I’m Will, and I’m Dave’s best man – well it’s not m
  
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• BehindBras: lingerie business dreamed up in jail aims to help women prisoners

  10-06-2017 09:00
  
  After serving 12 months, Barbara Burton set up a social enterprise selling bras, with profits going into training to help female prisoners find jobs after releaseOn Barbara Burton’s first night in HMP Durham, she was given three sets of prison-issue underwear. It was plucked hastily from a shelf and didn’t fit properly. “From that point your dignity is completely gone,” she says, thinking back to that day in 2012. It was the first time the 55-year-old had been to prison.
  
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• Beauty: foundation that ticks all the boxes

  10-06-2017 09:00
  
  It gives a bright, flattering finish to even my dry skin, while being reassuringly oil-free, lightweight and long-lastingI have fallen for a foundation that costs a little over a fiver. As surprisingly, it’s a serum formula: one that must be shaken vigorously before use to blend the water, pigment and silicone. Generally, I view this type of base (also knows as “fusion”) as ideal for oily skin, but matte and flat on others. But I find The Ordinary Serum Foundation (£
  
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• What 1991 incident was videotaped by George Holliday? The Weekend quiz

  10-06-2017 08:00
  
  From a golden couple to a decimal coin, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 What 1991 incident was videotaped by George Holliday?
  2 Who sings the Champagne Aria?
  3 What optical illusion is named after a peak in the Harz mountains?
  4 Which golden couple were coached by Betty Callaway?
  5 Whose death was greeted with: “O frabjous day”?
  6 What deep-sea diving vessel was invented by Auguste Piccard?
  7 Which decimal coin was withdraw
  
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• My workout: ‘A Zumba class is more like joining a party’

  10-06-2017 08:00
  
  Anisa Siddikah, 35, Zumba enthusiastI have always loved dancing. I used to be a regular clubber, going out with friends on the weekend and dancing the night away. Unfortunately, all my friends reached a certain age, settled down and stopped going out. About the same time, four years ago, my gym introduced a new workout class called Zumba. I’d never done anything like it before: it was a fitness class, but it also introduced me to a new style of dance. Now I drag myself out of bed every Sun
  
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• My bank has stopped its deposit service – where can I store my valuables?

  10-06-2017 08:00
  
  I’m looking to rent a box, or wondering whether to buy a safeEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• My children are stuck at home. They can’t afford to become full adults

  10-06-2017 07:45
  
  Wearing 80s clothes is as close as my children get to the lifestyle I enjoyed in the era when, as a young woman, I rented my own flatOur house is crammed to bursting since the twentysomethings came home. I can’t walk from one room to another without tripping over clutter that the older three have acquired in their time away. And there’s Zac, the teenager, with all his mess. Shoes overspill the shoe rack, coat hooks are in danger of breaking under the strain.The kitchen has become a b
  
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• A letter to … my severely disabled eight-year-old daughter

  10-06-2017 07:44
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeWhen you were a baby, the brain damage you had sustained during my mammoth labour made your life a pretty miserable one. You cried for hours, every day. Each cry pierced our hearts and slowly suffocated us. Each time your face twisted in agony, a part of us died. I hated myself for having had you. I figured I forced your existence by having IVF and that my selfish need to be a mum was being punished – worse than that, so were you.They were categorically
  
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• Orange you glad Summer Games are coming?

  10-06-2017 07:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Eighteen years ago, Winnipeg was deluged by an unforgettable sea of salmon.That’s because the driving spirit behind the 1999 Pan American Games was an army of 20,000 volunteers who painted ......
  
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• All groom, no gloom: guide gives good advice

  10-06-2017 07:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Grooms back in my day had only four things to worry about: 1. Getting the right engagement ring; 2. Planning the honeymoon; 3. Paying for the rehearsal dinner; 4. Showing ...
  
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• What is my classic Coca-Cola sign worth?

  10-06-2017 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Dear Mike,I know you deal a lot in Coca-Cola items. I’ve had this metal Coca-Cola sign in my garage for many years.It is marked on the bottom, “Made in Canada ...
  
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• Don't sweat the small stuff

  10-06-2017 07:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  HEY, we get it. Gyms can be intimidating. But don’t let your “gym jitters” keep you from reaching your fitness goals.We consulted leading international fitness influencer and Fit Body Guides ...
  
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• Tim Dowling: I am not speaking to my wife. Trouble is, I’m not sure she knows

  10-06-2017 07:00
  
  My wife announces that she has run out of nicotine gum. She gives me a meaningful look, which I returnI am sitting alone in the garden on what may be Britain’s nicest day, not speaking to my wife. I am also trying to read the paper while the tortoise tries to bite my toes.I am armed with a small handful of cherry tomatoes; every time the tortoise gets too close to my feet, I roll one across the patio and he turns and goes after it. Once he’s eaten the tomato, he returns to my toes, a
  
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• Blind date: ‘I’d be surprised if he didn’t like me. I contoured for this’

  10-06-2017 07:00
  
  Did Alice, 22, student, hit it off with Julian, 28, software developer?What were you hoping for?
  My future lobster, I suppose. Continue reading...
  
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• Why I love… Pearl Mackie

  10-06-2017 06:59
  
  She infuses Doctor Who with glee, a reminder that this is a kids’ show as well as a multimillion-pound cultural juggernautFor immigrants, care packages from home are an unparalleled delight. From friends and family, I’ve received squash (they don’t drink it in the US), cotton buds and even a very distinctive brand of stock cube (think famous London tower). I look for home in nonphysical things, too: I have the BBC World Service on in the evenings, and every weekend I&rsquo
  
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• Recipes for English country garden salads

  10-06-2017 06:59
  
  As summer arrives and vegetables beg to be plucked, Jane Scotter of Fern Verrow biodynamic farm and Otter Farm’s Mark Diacono offer four salads to make the most of the bountyNow the buds have all unfurled and the day’s length is almost at its peak, veg counters are starting to fill once more with fresh and properly seasonal produce. Spring’s hungry gap of yore has given way to excitement: squash, beans and peas are popping out like firecrackers, tomatoes just beginning to bend
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,220

  10-06-2017 01:00
  
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• Andrew McConnell's sauteed mushrooms with crisp rice cakes recipe

  10-06-2017 00:45
  
  The chef shares one of the dishes that have made Melbourne’s Supernormal restaurant so popularAndrew McConnell’s prawn and chicken dumplings with spiced vinegar recipe
  Just in time for wild mushroom season, this dish is a fun play of seasonal flavours and textures. The recipe requires some advanced consideration but that is often the case with good recipes. The base rice cake contains mushrooms, ginger and soy. This can be easily adapted, and previously we cooked the rice cake with d
  
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