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• Matt Preston's scorched and raw teriyaki poke recipe

  03-11-2018 22:09
  In his latest cookbook, the Melbourne food critic turns international dishes into easy evening meals including this salmon bowlLet’s be frank, the Hawaiians stole the poke (po-kay) bowl from the Japanese and their original “chirasushi”, or scattered sushi, just as they stole the macadamia nut from us.So here I am stealing it back AND making it better by combining the freshness of raw fish with the smokiness of slightly scorched salmon pieces for a more interesting poke. Continu
  
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• 6 Tips to Get an Updated Color Scheme Without Painting

  03-11-2018 12:00
  If you want to get a fresh look in your home for 2019, then you might want to try updating to a new color scheme. Playing with your room’s color is a great way to breathe some new life into the space. But you may be picturing major changes, like having to completely repaint the room or get all-new furniture. There are actually several different ways to update the color scheme in your home that don’t require a major overhaul. So take a look below for some easy ways to get a new or upd
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Yorkshire parkin | The New Vegan

  03-11-2018 11:00
  A dark and sticky ginger cake with a lick of smokiness: just the thing for watching the fireworksI went to school in Hull, and this time of year always smelled the best. Firework smoke from Bonfire Night would mix with the ever-present sweet, bready-smelling fug from the city’s bakeries. The culinary meeting of these two scents is the famous Yorkshire parkin: a dark and sticky ginger cake with a certain fire-licked flavour. It’s not a cake for a birthday, nor one for afternoon tea, b
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s blue cheese recipes

  03-11-2018 10:30
  Stilton, gorgonzola and dolcelatte add depth to my leek and potato cakes, swiss chard galettes and grilled red cabbageI am under no illusion that I can turn a committed blue cheese hater into a fan of Penicillium roqueforti, the mould responsible for that funky flavour. But when cooked, what normally makes blue cheese so divisive is harnessed to add a complexity that isn’t about the cheese itself, but about giving the other components extra depth. The sweetness of slow-cooked red cabbage,
  
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• What’s the best way to block up our chimney during cold weather?

  03-11-2018 10:27
  I’ve seen plastic balloons, umbrellas and chimney ‘sheep’ ... or we could use an old pillowEvery 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.What’s the best way to block up our chimney during cold weather? We like to use the fire every now and then, but most of the time all the warm air escapes up it. I’ve seen sites offering remova
  
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• Why does Norwegian Airlines get so many complaints?

  03-11-2018 10:18
  It is currently the most complained-about airline among UK passengers, with many furious at delaysAfter 11 hours of waiting at Gatwick airport for a Norwegian flight to the US that was repeatedly delayed and then cancelled, Cherry Griffiths freely admits she “lost it” and started screaming.Her family, who have two young children, had been waiting all day for their flight to Chicago. Then they were told to go back through security to retrieve their luggage, and that they would have to
  
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• ‘I thought it was a miracle. Then I started shaking’: the danger of buying diet pills online

  03-11-2018 10:00
  They promise instant results, but put lives at risk. So why is the market booming?Elaine Gormley was desperate when she turned to slimming pills. She had been obese since childhood, but lost a significant amount of weight by going to Slimming World classes in her early 20s. But by 2012, following a breakup and an operation, the 29-year-old from Belleek in County Fermanagh had gained all 10 stone 6lb of it back. She now weighed 21 stone 5lb.“I lost my focus. I felt I was unloved,” she
  
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• Choosing the right dressing gown is up there with the big decisions in life | Hannah Jane Parkinson

  03-11-2018 10:00
  When most people think of an ‘investment piece’, they mean Mulberry bag, Burberry scarf. I’m thinking: dressing gownOne of my favourite words in the world, aside from the German for armbands (schwimmflügel, literally swimming wings), is the Russian word halatnost, which means dressing-gownness. This beautiful word was bestowed on the Russian people by Ivan Goncharov in Oblomov, Tolstoy’s favourite book.The word has come to mean negligence, but archaically (the novel
  
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• The best new ethical products | Sali Hughes

  03-11-2018 09:00
  Every gesture towards better consumer choices is a move in the right directionMore than ever, brands are being asked to state – and act on – their ethical values and being called out on their flaws. It’s a positive move towards more responsible, sustainable consumer choices but, at the same time, I don’t feel that something must be either perfect or worthless. A product can be high-quality, cruelty-free, bee-friendly, aesthetically pleasing and made by a social enterprise
  
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• 'I earn £70,000, but don’t live a lavish lifestyle and give much of it away'

  03-11-2018 08:00
  Nigel Farnall on how he helps the community, including the Theatre Royal Stratford EastName: Nigel Farnall
  Age: 44
  Income: About £70,000
  Occupation: LandscapingAs my partner and I don’t have any children and we don’t lead an extravagant lifestyle, I try to be generous with both my time and money. I give £1,500 a year to the Theatre Royal Stratford East and I paid about £2,000 to name seats after myself, my partner and my two nieces. I know many of the theatre’
  
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• Four easy Indian recipes | Asma Khan

  03-11-2018 08:00
  Asma’s Indian Kitchen serves up some simple dishes, including beetroot raita, masala omelette and chicken drumstick kebabsPrep 5 min
  Cook 40 min
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• Fit in my 40s: 'a month of daily yoga made me impossible to live with'

  03-11-2018 08:00
  The only possibility is to keep going; if you can get through the first three months, the sages say, you’ll do yoga for ever• Fitness tips: yoga to relieve tense shouldersArguably, if you did anything for a month, every day, for at least an hour, you would end up understanding it so well that you couldn’t help but love it. It’s the arranged-marriage school of exercise. But I don’t think this would have worked with, say, zumba. Hot yoga, however, is what I do now. I d
  
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• 50 of the best hotels and B&Bs in the UK

  03-11-2018 08:00
  A gorgeous hotel can be a destination in itself. We pick top rural hideaways, foodie, coastal and urban stays, and eccentrically brilliant boltholes Continue reading...
  
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• What shade of brown is the French word for mole? The Weekend quiz

  03-11-2018 07:00
  From Rio to Romola Garai, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 How did Polish pianist André Tchaikowsky enjoy a posthumous theatrical career?
  2 Ben Macdui is the highest peak in what mountain range?
  3 Which particles come in six flavours?
  4 Which London market relocated to Nine Elms in 1974?
  5 In the US, which general is synonymous with treason?
  6 Which disputed state lies between Moldova and Ukraine?
  7 What shade of brown is the French word for mole?
  8 In what field are the Golden
  
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• Bringing some food for thought… in a bowl

  03-11-2018 06:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As a beloved cultural icon, I can safely say that any great artist depends on a tried-and-true system to help produce masterpiece-quality artwork.It’s a known fact, for example, that Michelangelo ...
  
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• Mornin' Joe

  03-11-2018 01:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  In September, veteran radio personality Joe Aiello was presented with the Broadcasters Association of Manitoba’s 2018 Broadcast Excellence Award at a reception at the Park Theatre.During his acceptance speech, Aiello, ...
  
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• 'A place to exhale'

  03-11-2018 01:09 via winnipegfreepress.com
  When Bill Elliott began his career at FortWhyte Alive in 1983, he was getting in on the ground floor of something special.Mind you, it took a little imagination to see ......
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,130

  03-11-2018 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,657

  03-11-2018 01:00
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