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• New Orleans restaurateur aims for inclusivity in new venture

  05-11-2018 21:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW ORLEANS - When employees enter Saba — an Israeli restaurant started by award-winning chef Alon Shaya — they pass by the company's mission statement, which emphasizes the importance of ......
  
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• Turn smoked turkey and melty cheddar into an inspired lunch

  05-11-2018 19:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Panini, sandwiches traditionally cooked in a ridged press, are hard to get wrong_but also surprisingly hard to get just right.To turn a crowd-pleasing combination of smoked turkey and melty cheddar ......
  
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• Pecan pie with a smooth-textured filling and a nice crust

  05-11-2018 19:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  There is much to love about sweet, nutty pecan pie, but it's easy for this simple dessert to turn out tooth achingly sugary and void of pecan flavour, with a ...
  
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• Cooking and glazing a moist and cured ham? It's in the bag

  05-11-2018 19:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Heating and glazing a cured ham seems effortless, but many recipes yield leathery meat in an overly sweet glaze. We wanted to guarantee moist meat in a nuanced glaze.Bone-in hams, ...
  
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• A recipe for rolls as good as any from a European bakery

  05-11-2018 19:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  European-style dinner rolls are different from their rich, tender American cousins. The dough for these rustic rolls is lean and the crumb is open, with a yeasty, savory flavour. But ...
  
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• Baked brie with jam or fruit is popular for good reason

  05-11-2018 19:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Baked Brie topped with jam or fruit is popular for good reason. When the cheese is warmed, it becomes rich and gooey, and pairing it with sweet fruit brings out ...
  
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• Underutilized Spaces: Getting the Most Out of Your Home

  05-11-2018 19:00
  Let’s face it: some of the areas of your home can feel like an afterthought. After all, it’s not like you’ll be showing your linen closets off to your guests. But just because a space isn’t Pinterest-worthy doesn’t mean it should be any less functional. In fact, some of the underutilized spaces in your home can actually become the most useful. By thinking outside of the box, you can turn what seems like wasted space and dusty corners into your favorite places in you
  
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• COOKING ON DEADLINE: Mushroom Cornbread Stuffing or Dressing

  05-11-2018 18:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  So, what do you say, dressing or stuffing?Technically, it's dressing if it's cooked in a pan and stuffing if it's cooked inside the bird. However, which word you choose seems ...
  
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• A 13-year-old girl is a ‘lesbian’ if she plays football? Some things don’t change

  05-11-2018 18:50
  Taunts like this have been around for decades – but this playground name-calling reflects how women’s sports are treatedWhen I was in school a few decades ago, it was standard to be called a lesbian if you so much as kicked a football back to a boy in the playground. This was obviously after the ball had been aimed at one’s (lesbo) head in the kind of terrifying gesture that we were taught, as girls, to laugh off – or, worse, take as a compliment. (See also: the pinging o
  
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• Mukbang: is loneliness behind the craze for watching other people eating?

  05-11-2018 18:33
  More and more of us live – and eat – alone. Does that explain why people are turning to online videos of people preparing and eating their meals?We already watch other people watching the telly, but now our appetite for the mundane seems to have extended to watching other people eat. The increasing popularity of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) videos, in which people listen to pleasing noises that act as sedatives (like the sound of someone eating a raw cauliflower) and &
  
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• Don't spank: Pediatricians warn parents of long-term harms

  05-11-2018 18:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The nation's leading pediatricians' group has strengthened its advice against spanking and other physical punishment because of the potential for long-term harm.In an updated policy released Monday, the American Academy ......
  
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• Making the mead: How Saskatchewan's first craft meadery operates

  05-11-2018 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CARON, Sask. - Meads have been around for a long time, but there hasn't been a craft meadery in Saskatchewan until Prairie Bee Meadery opened in June 2016.The province has ......
  
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• 'Chunks of my tongue came off – you could see the tastebuds': Ross Edgley on swimming around Great Britain

  05-11-2018 14:39
  The fitness expert survived raw wounds and jellyfish stings, braved storms and emptied a 5kg bucket of petroleum jelly to complete the record-breaking feat of mental and physical endurance. So, is he a masochist?Ross Edgley, who has just become the first man to swim around Great Britain, is trying to describe what it feels like to have your tongue disintegrate. “I realised something was bad when I woke up with chunks of it on my pillow,” he recalls. The flesh was translucent, but oth
  
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• Thomasina Miers’ recipe for sticky mushrooms with jasmine rice | The Simple Fix

  05-11-2018 13:00
  A midweek supper of Thai street food served up in minutesDuring the week, I don’t have the time or energy to spend hours cooking. For those nights when we want food on the table fast, I regularly buy mushrooms. There is little as good as sauteed mushrooms on toast (think butter, garlic, parsley and creme fraiche), but here I thought I would try to recreate an exquisite plate of street food I had one late night in Bangkok. It is a real treat. Continue reading...
  
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• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for milk buns | A Kitchen in Rome

  05-11-2018 13:00
  These slightly sweet, creamy buns demand to be eaten straight from the oven, split and filled with anything you fancyMum remembers her auntie May buying milk loaves from Hough’s Bakers and Confectioners on Moss Road in Stretford. I remember Great Aunt May in her bib apron, slicing bread in the kitchen of her sister’s (my granny’s) pub in Oldham. The white tin loaf was usually so fresh that the insides hadn’t firmed up, so May would stand it on one end, cut the crust off t
  
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• 2018 Candles Gift Guide to Get Shopping Done Faster

  05-11-2018 13:00
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page.Are you looking for a gift for that difficult-to-shop-for person in your life? Then you might want to consider buying them a candle or two. These make surprisingly wonderful gifts because candles can fit into any room design. They’re an attractive, classy accent in any space. Many also let off inviting scents. A candle can also make a great seasonally themed
  
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• Crossword roundup: duffel coats, knapsacks, duffel bags and backpacks

  05-11-2018 12:06
  Donald Tusk, the backstop and how we name bags: our roundup of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic cluesAs the US recalls that even Ronald “strapping young buck” Reagan could manage these kind of words … Continue reading...
  
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• Winter blues? A practical guide to getting more light in your life

  05-11-2018 11:00
  As the nights draw in, it is all too easy to let lack of daylight get the better of us. But there are plenty of ways to stay one step ahead of the darknessApril is allegedly the cruellest month, but October and November could give it a run for its money. In the northern hemisphere, the nights are noticably drawing in, especially now the clocks have gone back and sunset is an hour earlier. Every day, it gets darker two minutes earlier than it did the day before. And, while there are compensations
  
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• I have never had a ‘real’ orgasm and am too anxious to have sex with my boyfriend

  05-11-2018 09:00
  Penetration is impossible and, even though there is no lack of desire between us, I end up losing my driveI am a 24-year-old virgin. The only means of masturbation I have employed since my teens has been clitoral stimulation and have never had a “real” orgasm (I read online about mini-orgasms you can have with clitorial stimulation and it seems a close fit to what I experience). Even though there is no lack of desire between me and my boyfriend, and even though I enjoy everything he
  
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• Seven ways to address insomnia

  05-11-2018 08:00
  From ditching curry and booze to keeping your eyes off the clock, here is a guide for anyone suffering sleepless nightsYour bedroom is for sleep, right?* So stop using it as your living room. It is your sanctuary: keep it tranquil and dark. Your body needs darkness to release melatonin, which in turn helps you sleep – so invest in blackout blinds or an eye mask. Switch off mobile phones and computer screens, as their LED screen blue light is particularly unhelpful for melatonin production.
  
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• A luxury city shows blueprint for Syria's rebuilding plans

  05-11-2018 07:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  DAMASCUS, Syria - At a building site in Damascus, trucks and bulldozers zigzag back and forth ferrying sand and stones for a luxury development of residential high-rises and shopping centres.The ......
  
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• Six of the best artisan distilleries in Chicago

  05-11-2018 07:30
  Chicago’s distillery scene has come a long way since the days of Al Capone, with a new generation of producers showcasing innovative spirits and cocktails on fun tasting tours Chicago has got history when it comes to spirits. The city was a vocal centre of the temperance movement that led to Prohibition between 1920 and 1933, which in turn fuelled the illegal and widespread production of moonshine and rise of Al Capone’s speakeasies. Today the city boasts a booming artisan distillery
  
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• 'Same trends:' Researcher warns Canadian life expectancy could fall like in U.S.

  05-11-2018 06:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - A paper published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests life expectancy in Canada could be threatened by the same factors that are causing it to fall in ......
  
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