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• Global vanilla prices squeeze margins for ice cream, cupcake makers

  18-03-2018 16:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Prepare to shell out a little more for the sweet treats of spring and summer as a global surge in the price of vanilla makes its impact at ......
  
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• Spin-off: why fashion is reviving the launderette

  18-03-2018 15:00
  Fashion-focused laundry services are offering an eco-friendly approach to washing clothes – and they look great on Instagram, tooFashion has a history of fetishising the launderette. A model perching in the drum of a supersize machine, with slick clothing and makeup in contrast to the stark backdrop of the public launderette, is a look-book staple. But running them has not historically been in their repertoire.Cue a spin-off from fashion brands who are repurposing launderettes and bringing
  
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• Taste test: which Easter eggs and hot cross buns should you buy?

  18-03-2018 12:30
  From chocolate bunnies to luxury eggs, high street Easter treats tasted and rated by Ottolenghi’s Helen Goh Continue reading...
  
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• Does booze go with chocolate? I should cocoa …

  18-03-2018 12:30
  Chocolate is tricky to pair with drinks, at Easter or any other time. But from lighter sweet white wines to stouts, it’s always possible to find a matchAs everybody knows, all you need to be happy is wine or chocolate. Sadly, putting them together is all too often a culinary disaster.The qualities that make chocolate such a delight when eaten on its own make it one of the trickiest foods to match with wine. The degree of each will differ by the bar, but all chocolate has a certain mouth-co
  
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• Cakes, tarts and scones: Easter baking recipes

  18-03-2018 12:00
  Claire Ptak’s seasonal favourites from marshmallows to Nigerian dough ballsIn America there’s a tradition of dipping white hen’s eggs into colourful dyes the night before Easter then hiding them in the morning for the children. There is a papier-mache golden egg filled with money to find, as well as other prizes and sweets nestled into secret spots throughout the home. I loved this tradition as a child, racing through the house to find the most eggs before my older brother.Once
  
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• Up all night in Norway: land of the midnight sun

  18-03-2018 08:00
  The extreme northern coast of Norway is an unspoilt land of wonder, and the perfect place to enjoy the eternal dawnPlus three more adventures in the midnight sunMidnight. Morning. A shard of sun cuts through the cloud. Due north, not east, from my lighthouse. Gulls scream below us as they circle Flatøy fyr, our uninhabited island near Nordskot, northern Norway. We are on our own here for a few days, just me and the photographer Howard Sooley. We are 300km inside the Arctic Circle. Standin
  
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• Say ‘No’ and change your life

  18-03-2018 08:00
  We live in a world where ‘yes’ is the default. But we need to tame our inner ‘chimp’ and embrace the power of ‘no’My old friend Mick calls me with an invitation to his 50th birthday party. It sounds brilliant. Mick has rented a house for a week. Lots of people I know will be there. I want to go. I really, really want to go.“So is that a yes?” Continue reading...
  
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• United Chip, London: ‘Brilliant sauces and rather good chips’ – restaurant review

  18-03-2018 07:00
  Opening a fully sustainable chippy could so easily come a cropper. But this place is spot onUnited Chip, 5 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5PE (020 7490 0069). Meal for two, excluding drinks: £25 (at most)United Chip may be the bravest restaurant opening in years. Sure, you can open an izakaya or a ceviche place, something niche with a dreadful concept, and a few people will have an opinion on that. Some will consider themselves experts. But open a chippy? Suddenly, the ranks of those standi
  
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• I’m trying to leave my boyfriend but my mother says it’s ‘hysteria’ | Dear Mariella

  18-03-2018 07:00
  Stop being so indecisive, says Mariella. Sparing someone’s feelings is never a good reason to stay in a relationshipThe dilemma I’m a 21-year-old student living at home with my parents. My boyfriend and I have been together since the age of 17. For the past year I am certain that I have fallen out of love with him, I never want to be intimate any more and I think we’ve outgrown each other. I’ve tried breaking up with him a few times, but I get teary and swallow my words,
  
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• Forget Instagram Stories, a decent concealer is good enough for me

  18-03-2018 07:00
  It may be playful and addictive to turn yourself into a dog or cutesy bunny, but get real, peopleI’m perturbed by the glossy, cartoonish features that can be applied to our faces on Instagram Stories. They honestly freak me out. If you’re not familiar with Instagram Stories, it is kind of like an abstract, individual TV channel for anyone with an account.Now you can film a 15-second skit of yourself feeling sad (the ‘go to’ narrative), blowing kisses or looking thoughtful
  
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• ‘I couldn’t sit still, I couldn’t be on my own’: how I coped with my crippling anxiety

  18-03-2018 06:59
  Author Kate Riordan had two miscarriages which then brought on severe health anxiety. Here she describes how she got through the stormThis time last year I was keeping a diary, the writing small and meticulously neat. In it, I recorded everything that happened each day. Not in the outside world but to me, inside my own body. It was the only thing that seemed important enough to set down. “Lots of muscle spasms today,” I wrote on 20 February, pen pressed hard to the page. “Aches
  
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