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...You might also add a splash of brandy – see classic prawn cocktail recipes such as The Wolseley’s – or vodka like Manzi’s chef Christian Turner....
...This year, they have a brandy-infused one I’ll be using....
...Cool slightly and add the brandy. Stir well and then funnel the syrup into the bottle. Label and refrigerate. Use within 4 weeks. To use: take 1-3 teaspoons when needed....
...Grace, patience and compassion are virtues but No 10’s pronouncements, real or perceived, and Defra’s complicity reveal a policy framework that is intellectually bankrupt and devoid of industry acceptance...
...“We may think of [it] as a rise or fall of the water but the real movement is [a] long, fast, shallow, rotatory wave, swirling brandy-like around the ocean basins”....
...In “S is for…”, she talks to Grace Cook about accountability, taking risks and the work that lies ahead....
...“There’s scientific evidence proving climate change is real and I do think we need to address it,” said Brandy Poe, manager at one reopened restaurant....
...French brandy maker Rémy Cointreau had fewer reasons for high spirits. Europeans have lost their taste for expensive cognac....
...Royal Mail over a barrel Posties have got their employer Royal Mail over a barrel of festive brandy....
...In the absence of a coffin, it is believed the barrel was filled with brandy to preserve the body for the journey home....
...● Johnson Matthey was the FTSE 100’s sharpest faller on mixed second-half results from the auto catalyst maker....
...“Helen Oxenbury: A Life In Illustration”, by Leonard S Marcus, is published by Walker Books Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Horatio Clare is the author of Something Of His Art: Walking to Lubeck with J S Bach (Little Toller) Details Returns from London to Inverness on the Caledonian Sleeper cost from £160....
...‘Brandy and cigars’ Board members are widely regarded as less independent-minded after long service....
...It is surely no coincidence that the previously unassailable M&S Simply Food format is suffering....
...Matilda, whose family makes Somerset Cider Brandy, wanted to visit a distillery to talk mash, alcohol content and sherry casks, and since Clynelish is my favourite Scotch, I’ve brought her here....
...Elemental in scope, it uses voices, including samples of R’n’B star Brandy and folk legend Pete Seeger as alien textures, rubbing alongside found sounds and hypnotic beats....
...Gruppo Campari has reached agreement with the controlling family shareholders of the French listed company Société des Produits Marnier Lapostolle S.A....
...The S&P 500 was down 0.2 per cent to 2,087.8 at the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2 per cent to 17,977.2, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was 0.2 per cent lower at 4,895.8....
...Gary Hendrickson, chairman and chief executive of Valspar, described the acquisition as “compelling”, because it delivered “immediate and certain cash value to our stockholders”....
...Then add the oloroso sherry and brandy (if using), stir once and simmer for a minute, followed by the hot stock....
...(M&S shareholders take heart, it provides a first-class product later.)...
...Shares in Brown-Forman, which has a market capitalisation of $19.3bn, rose 1.3 per cent to $92.71 in line with the broader S&P 500 index....
...He has impersonated both Ian Fleming, for a “new” James Bond novel (Devil May Care, 2008), and PG Wodehouse (Jeeves and the Wedding Bells , 2013), and, as a team captain on Radio 4’s The Write Stuff, parodied...
...Its success sent sales of the brandy rocketing, although neither Rhymes nor Combs were remunerated for their roles in boosting it....
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