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• On a roll: MLB to feature ballpark menus at FoodFest in NY

  13-03-2018 20:53 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Major League Baseball will feature ballpark menus at FoodFest next month.The first MLB FoodFest will be held at an event space near New York's Bryant Park on ......
  
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• Calgary researchers say new tool will make testing for infections easier

  13-03-2018 20:11 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say a new device based on the simple glucose meter used by diabetics should make it easier to test humans and animals for infections."I ...
  
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• 'Mind-blowing': Survey finds most vegans, vegetarians in Canada are under 35

  13-03-2018 19:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  HALIFAX - Younger Canadians are far more likely to be vegetarians or vegans than older generations, according to a survey that a researcher says is among the first of its ...
  
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• Let it hang: ​this is the era of awesome earring​s

  13-03-2018 18:03
  The 90s had shoes, the 00s had handbags and we’re living through the decade of the earring. From studs to chandeliers, multi-drops to mismatches, anything goesThe most important accessory of now says as much about you as the newspaper you read or where you go on holiday. It’s not just what’s between your ears that counts: you need to think about what you wear on them. The five reasons why earrings are where it’s at. Continue reading...
  
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• Pajamas and high tea: Royal wedding fans gearing up to party

  13-03-2018 16:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - In pyjamas and old wedding gowns, with high tea or a bit of the early morning bubbly, royal watchers in the U.S. and around the globe are ......
  
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• How to order a healthier Chinese takeaway: swap noodles for rice and avoid the soup

  13-03-2018 16:20
  Many dishes have been found to contain unhealthy levels of salt – but a few changes to your order could make all the differenceThe revelation that some popular Chinese foods contain unhealthily high levels of salt will come as no surprise to anyone who has ever woken up with a mouth drier than the Gobi desert after set menu No 4. Often blamed on the supposed “Chinese restaurant syndrome”, this raging thirst is in fact the body’s attempt to redress the dehydrating effects
  
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• New book explores the art and craft of the modern blacksmith

  13-03-2018 15:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Asked what it feels like to forge iron, Robert Thomas has to pause for a moment and compose himself before plunging into a description of what, for him, is as ......
  
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• What's old is new again: Home decor rethinks its materials

  13-03-2018 14:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Earth is awash in garbage, and designers of home decor are looking at ways to reuse the waste. Among the many clever ideas emerging are tiles made out of ...
  
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• GARDENING: Houseplants for the horticulturally impaired

  13-03-2018 14:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Hints of impending spring weather might stir a desire to grow plants even in people not usually drawn in that direction. If you are one of them, yet your thumbs ...
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Classic Deviled Eggs

  13-03-2018 14:51 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Deviled eggs know no single season or demographic. They are blissfully democratic appetizers.In the same category as pigs in a blanket: everyone is happy to see them, sophisticated people shed ...
  
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• Edinburgh’s hidden gems – as chosen by locals

  13-03-2018 13:27
  From tranquil secret gardens to craft ales by the fire, Edinburgh residents reveal their favourite lesser-known places to visitEdinburgh is not just home to castles, medieval streets and grand Georgian architecture. Take a wander down its passageways or venture out of the central tourist area and you’ll find a wealth of eateries, gardens and other delights tucked out of sight. We asked the city’s long-term residents to divulge their secrets – so next time you visit, you’l
  
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• Rachel Roddy’s classic Neapolitan puttanesca sauce recipe

  13-03-2018 13:00
  Regardless of its etymology, puttanesca’s allure lies in its complex, salty-sweet, umami flavours made from the humblest of ingredients – just tomato, garlic, chilli, anchovy, capers and olives There are various stories about the origins of spaghetti alla puttanesca; various translations, too: whore’s spaghetti, tart’s spaghetti; I have even heard it called lady-of-the-night spaghetti.As much as I like Neapolitan tales of seductively coloured clothes, satisfied customers
  
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• Model Lera Abova: ‘I would rather be risky than be everyone’s cup of tea’

  13-03-2018 12:56
  The cover star of the Guardian and Observer’s twice-yearly style magazine, The Fashion, talks Insta-fame, becoming cool and her ‘Britney moment’See her model the key trends for spring/summer 2018
  Lera Abova’s big break came in 2016 when she shot with photographer – and 90s grunge legend – David Sims, who became a champion of her career. Abova describes herself as his muse which, she says, “is just amazing”. “He’s an artist. To know that
  
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• Nervous About Buying Furniture Online? Follow These 4 Tips to Make a Better Purchase

  13-03-2018 12:00
  Thinking about buying furniture online? Read our tips first to get the best results. Image: Blue Ocean DesignOnline shopping is a great tool for furnishing a home. But a lot of us write off the idea of buying furniture online because it seems too risky. How can you tell if what you see is actually what you get? How do you know the piece will work in your home if you haven’t had a chance to see it first?If you’ve ever asked yourself similar questions, this post is for you. In an effor
  
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• Bali to shush social media for Day of Silence

  13-03-2018 11:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BALI, Indonesia - Bali's annual Day of Silence is so sacred that even reaching for a smartphone to send a tweet or upload a selfie to social media could cause ......
  
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• Balloon buddies and cycle rides: the care staff getting active at work

  13-03-2018 10:12
  Making healthy choices can be tricky for some care workers, but activities with clients help incorporate exercise into a shiftEmma Chick is passionate about helping her team maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. As head of caregiver experience at Home Instead in Maidstone, she compares the office to a base camp for the 30 staff who spend most of their shifts delivering domiciliary care.“We’re a place our caregivers can come to if they need us – if they want a coffee [or] if
  
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• Why does British Gas fail to service my boiler annually?

  13-03-2018 08:00
  The company says emergencies caused by extreme weather have forced it to put off routine workYou featured the case of the British Gas customer who was asked to pay £629 to renew their HomeCare Four cover. I have HomeCare Two at £390 a year, and while I have had good service over the years, I am increasingly concerned about the time between annual services. My last few have been 14-15 months apart and I have the strong feeling services are being manipulated so customers end up with fe
  
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• Menswear picks: get off to a flying start with your holiday wardrobe – in pictures

  13-03-2018 08:00
  Make your break last a little bit longer by wearing shorts in the airport, whatever the weather• Read more from the spring/summer 2018 edition of The Fashion, our biannual fashion supplementContinue reading...
  
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• Australia’s largest outdoor gallery: the Silo Art Trail, Victoria

  13-03-2018 07:30
  Victoria’s ‘cowboy’ country is being rediscovered through a series of towering portraits on disused silos that form a road trip with a differenceAustralia is a road-trip dream, with its big, bleached skies and wide, open stretches of tarmac. Until now, however, one route through rural Victoria’s wheatbelt has been a road less travelled – not so much off the beaten track as off the tourist radar entirely.Careering north from Melbourne to Mildura and the mighty Murray
  
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• Ruby Tandoh’s recipe for pear, rye and cardamom cake

  13-03-2018 07:00
  This sturdy loaf cake is full of spice and topped with more of the same in the guise of spiced butterI love this kind of cake: the type that’s firm, bready and packed with chunks of fruit and nut. Not because it’s particularly virtuous, but because its damp, dense texture means you can carve off great slabs, spread them with butter and it won’t crumble or collapse under the weight of the knife. It’s even good for breakfast. This is a great template recipe that you can ada
  
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• These cats aren't afraid to get their paws wet

  13-03-2018 06:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Dogs will fetch your hiking boots and do back flips by the front door if you mention going “outside.”Ask a cat if it wants to go for a hike and ......
  
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• Stubbing out in the health food restaurant - archive, 13 March 1968

  13-03-2018 06:30
  13 March 1968 Feeling healthy and virtuous after a vitamin bursting meal, a Guardian correspondent gives up smoking - for a day
  I noticed first the light, airy, I scrubbed-pine-and-cane appearance of the new health foods restaurant in Carnaby Street. The waitresses in blue paisley were young, smiling, and a bit Roedean. The food looked strange with great bricks of dark bread, small steaming pottery bowls of anonymous vegetables, huge wooden dishes of shredded greenery. “I’ll have a l
  
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• Givenchy, designer of Hepburn's little black dress, has died

  13-03-2018 02:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at 91.The house of Givenchy paid ...
  
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• Sudoku 4006 medium

  13-03-2018 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,928

  13-03-2018 01:00
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• Cryptic crossword No 27,455

  13-03-2018 01:00
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• His side of the story

  13-03-2018 00:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  From the outside, Greg Gilhooly’s life looked perfect.Here was a rising young hockey star and academically gifted young man, who later went on to earn degrees from Princeton University and ......
  
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