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“It’s very messy,” says Lulu [Peyraud, winemaker of the famous Tempier estate]. “It is best eaten out-of-doors and it has to be eaten standing up, with the apéritif. Each time one dips a vegetable into the sauce, a piece of bread must be held beneath the dripping vegetable between the pot and the mouth. You […]
It would sound crazy if someone said that you can convert Rs 20 into Rs 3 lakh online. However, believe it or not, it is actually possible. There are several websites where you can sell your antique currency notes and get lakhs in return. E-commerce sites like Ebay and BidCurios are facilitating online bidding of […]
A Connecticut woman who found a card containing $500 on the ground enlisted the help of a friend’s mother to track down the owners. Gabrielle Perry, 23, said she was going out to dinner with friends in South Norwalk when she spotted an enveloped card on the ground in the parking lot of the Maritime […]
Aaron Rodgers is training as if he’s preparing for an NFL training camp, even as he has continued to refuse to say whether he’ll report when the Packers begin camp this week. Rodgers has been working out at Proactive Sports Performance in Los Angeles, which has been documented on the gym’s Instagram. A Proactive Sports […]
Beetroot, feta, ricotta, honey and thyme: some flavour combinations are just a match made in heaven. All wrapped up in some short, flaky, golden pastry and you’re welcome: our work here is done. Serve this with a green salad. Getting ahead: There are lots of ways to get ahead here: the beetroot can be baked […]
Shares of a little-known Japanese sports gear company have jumped more than 50% in recent days, a rally traders link to excitement over Shohei Ohtani’s success in U.S. Major League Baseball. Shares of Zett (8135.T), a sports gear wholesaler, have seen spikes in prices as well as trading volume. The company’s shares dipped 0.8% on […]
A wealthy San Francisco couple notched a record nearly half-million-dollar buyout to vacate their luxury apartment of three decades, an indication of what some landlords are willing to pay for tenants to give up their longtime home in a city with strict rent control and soaring market rents. The $475,000 buyout is considered to be […]
The Chiefs placed safety Armani Watts on the physically unable to perform list and rookie defensive end Malik Herring on the non-football injury list Saturday. Both players count against the team’s 90-player roster. Watts continues to work his way back after fracturing a foot during offseason workouts and isn’t ready to practice yet. But Watts […]
A whole fish, plump with a stuffing of summer vegetables, is a splendid dish to bring to the table. I like using spinach, grated courgette or fennel, or perhaps young carrots to fill the fish with (avoid beetroot, it sends the fish pink). Some new potatoes, sliced and baked around the fish, are a thoroughly […]
HSBC’s (HSBA.L) head of Belt and Road Initiative, Mukhtar Hussain, will retire after 39 years at the bank. HSBC was one of the first banks to have a dedicated management role focused on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a Chinese programme aiming to boost trade flows via investment in infrastructure. The memo said that […]