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...The external walls of the Ricola Herb Centre near Basel, for example, are constructed from rammed earth; the Dominus Winery in Napa Valley is sheathed in industrial gabions filled with basalt rock; while...
...Don’t leave without purchasing some of the fresh “long” pasta — tagliatelle, tagliolini, pappardelle — made on site and sold alongside homemade sauces: bolognese, pesto, tomato basilico, amatriciana....
...The American economist Herb Stein famously remarked that if something can’t go on forever, then it will stop....
...That honour belongs to the 17th-century French, who built glass structures for growing medicinal herbs. Ultimately, the Low Countries turned out to be better at this stuff than anyone else....
...This year, the asparagus pea, borlotti beans, cucumbers, purple heritage beans, butternut squash, marrows, runner beans and a host of herbs are making a return. Tomatoes too....
...“If a mainstream company is considering purchasing you, you’re probably big enough to be on the edge of the average hipster’s chopping block anyway,” says Tim Barrett, analyst at Euromonitor....
...Sales of jewellery, watches, clocks and valuable gifts increased by 22.4 per cent year on year, while Chinese drugs and herb sales grew 12.7 per cent....
...Born in the 1680s, he worked as a brewer and custom house officer in London before purchasing a farm in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire....
...Coke’s purchasing power has also helped secure a lighter plastic bottle for Honest Beverages drinks, which suppliers were previously not prepared to do for the company on its own....
...I cannot pass a health food shop without going in, browsing the shelves and, usually, purchasing at least two products I haven’t previously tried....
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