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• Sticky Fingers Bakery's beetroot and rose truffle cake recipe

  17-03-2018 22:35
  Vegetables are not just for dinner as this self-taught baker discovered when she transformed her sweet treats with help from the garden I love digging my hands into butter and sugar just as much as groping around in the earth. For me, baking and gardening are inseparable; but I took the long way home to make this connection. I started Sticky Fingers Bakery when the cupcake craze hit the world. A self-taught baker, I threw myself in the deep end, baking tiny cakes full of punchy attitude and big
  
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• In the obesity blame game, it’s easy to forget the role emotions play in food

  17-03-2018 19:00
  From crispy pancakes to orange Club biscuits, I’ve always comforted myself with junk food. Our emotional relationship with what we eat is complicatedAnother day, another row about obesity, its causes, and what might be done to stop people from getting any fatter. The medical profession and various crusading types, Jamie Oliver among them, insist that the government must take urgent action to reduce childhood obesity: there are now 12.3 million people at risk of type 2 diabetes; the most de
  
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• Greg Rutherford: ‘I was the one stealing from the milk-float after an all-nighter'

  17-03-2018 19:00
  The Olympic long jumper on pizza, being ‘fit-fat’ … and how his running speed helped after late nights as a teenager As an athlete, you’re judged. If you’re in a competition and buying cake, the general public will comment. The irony is never wasted on me. If I go to a pizza restaurant I can almost guarantee that someone will come up and say, “you shouldn’t be eating that!” – even though they are. I laugh it off.I was raised as a Jehovah&rsq
  
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• If you savour scallops, good news: Price drop may be in store

  17-03-2018 17:56 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PORTLAND, Maine - Good news for fans of scallops. They are already one of the most readily available higher-priced seafood items to consumers, and prices could fall this year.American scallop ......
  
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• Writing about leaving city for simpler life? Join the club

  17-03-2018 17:52 via winnipegfreepress.com
  VERSHIRE, Vt. - There's yet another account of city dwellers fleeing urban life and materialism for a simpler existence in — where else? Vermont.This time it's by Elizabeth Willard Thames, ...
  
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• Americans are drinking a daily cup of coffee at the highest level in six years: survey

  17-03-2018 17:29
  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The number of Americans drinking a daily cup of coffee is at the highest level since 2012, with demand continuing to get a boost from at-home consumption and gourmet drinks,...
  
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• World's priciest chocolate goes on display in Portugal

  17-03-2018 15:50
  LISBON (Reuters) - The world's most expensive chocolate went on display at a chocolate fair in Obidos in Portugal on Friday.
  
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• Who will get the nod to design Meghan's dress for UK royal wedding?

  17-03-2018 12:17
  LONDON (Reuters) - For the fashion world, when American actress Meghan Markle joins the British royal family in less than two months' time when she marries Prince Harry, there is only one issue that...
  
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• A local’s guide to Belfast by music writer Brian Coney

  17-03-2018 11:00
  Belfast has reinvented itself as a hotbed of first-rate clubbing and culture – and this St Patrick’s Day its compact city centre will be bouncing to the beatsFor many first-time visitors to Belfast, it’s hard to imagine that in the 1970s, steel gates effectively shut off the city centre every evening around 6pm. But thanks to peace, investment, regeneration and the tourism generated by Titanic Belfast and Game of Thrones, the city has changed incalculably for the better in the
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for tinned pulses

  17-03-2018 10:00
  It takes little time and effort to transform a forgotten can of chickpeas or butterbeans into a winning salad, main course or side dishA can of pulses is the best pantry friend you can have. Yes, there are other serious contenders for that title, but, for me, there is no other bagged, jarred or tinned food that offers such a headstart in creating a quick meal that tastes as if it has been cooked slowly, carefully and thoughtfully from 100% raw ingredients. So, next time you see an old tin of chi
  
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• The best spring beauty launches | Sali Hughes

  17-03-2018 09:00
  It’s early days, but I think I might be wearing the makeup launch of the yearIt’s early days, but I think I might be wearing the makeup launch of the year. I use the term “makeup” as something of a catch-all, because while Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter (£30, 30ml) looks like a foundation in the bottle (it isn’t one), it has multiple applications and the vagueness of its name doesn’t help.First, it’s a primer for any skin but o
  
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• Can I cook like ... Donald Trump?

  17-03-2018 09:00
  Minced meat for every meal isn’t all it’s cracked up to beDonald Trump is an angry guy, and I think I know why: his diet is terrible. His favourite food is meatloaf, which I agreed to cook because I thought that “meatloaf” was what Americans called beef wellington.Beef wellington, in case you don’t know, is a delicious dish of fillet steak, covered in a mixture of paté, mushrooms and herbs, wrapped in puff pastry and then baked. It’s delightful, bu
  
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• Top 10 spring walks in the UK

  17-03-2018 08:00
  The countryside is about to burst into life with fresh greens, yellows and blues replacing the muted tones of winter. Nature writers reveal their favourite walks – and pubs – for springStart/end | Pateley Bridge Google map
  Length | 5 miles/2½ hours
  Grade | Moderate
  At the cusp between spring and summer, cuckoos come to steep, narrow Nidderdale. Sounds echo from wood to river. A cuckoo hunt is harder than it should be. Over the years I’ve persevered. This walk gives you a
  
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• What links white tiger; hare, polar bear and leopard; mythical sea bear and sasquatch? The Weekend quiz

  17-03-2018 07:59
  From stones to a storm, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which former slave was the most photographed American of the 19th century?
  2 Which river flows into Hobsons Bay, Victoria?
  3 In Christian tradition, who were Dismas and Gestas?
  4 The text “hic harold rex interfectus est” appears on what?
  5 What do the two UBR stones by the Thames mark?
  6 With a booming call, what is Britain’s loudest bird?
  7 Which glamorous sci-fi villain was played by Jacque
  
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• The perfect Irish barmbrack recipe | Felicity Cloake

  17-03-2018 07:00
  A recipe for a rich fruit loaf that’s apt for a cuppa on Ireland’s patron saint’s day – or indeed with a little nightcap of whiskey ...This Irish fruit loaf was once reserved for high days and holidays, particularly Halloween, but, like many seasonal treats, it’s now increasingly available year round, and especially in the run-up to St Patrick’s Day – my own local bakery has been producing them since mid-February. As its Irish language name bairín
  
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• Expert warns of extreme weather increase

  17-03-2018 06:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Eric Reder believes if Manitobans want to see the real effects and consequences of climate change, all they need to do is look at the sky and into their own ...
  
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• A dental disaster

  17-03-2018 06:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Her enigmatic smile will never be the same.Just to be clear, I’m not talking about the mysterious whisper of a smile for which Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is so ......
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,459

  17-03-2018 01:00
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• 'Supreme's hype game is strong': cult brand tries ticketed fashion

  17-03-2018 00:39
  Brand hopes to keep new collection with Public Enemy exclusive with timed slots for fansNow a prominent trend in fashion, the queue outside certain shops as they release new collections – otherwise known as “the drop” – has become the most significant decider of success for a brand, with the raucous hype it generates outweighing other forms of traditional marketing.At the London branch of Supreme, the cult skatewear firm driving this trend, its weekly Thursday collection
  
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