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...The thali comes with either rice or dhindo, a shapeless brown blob of mashed millet that amazed me — our server said Sherpas eat it to stay strong....
...My beauty and grooming guru is Steven Rice, who does my hair – both the cut and the colour – and my make-up. I met him while I was in Mexico doing a wedding and we’ve been friends ever since....
...These scrolls are impressive; I love the contrast of rice paper and ink. The grooming staple I’m never without is Hatomugi rice soap. I have tried many other kinds but this is the best....
...Liuzza’s by the Track is another favourite for BBQ shrimp, and I go to Dooky Chase’s for all the New Orleans classics: red beans and rice, étouffée and seafood gumbos....
...For books, I go to Brazos Bookstore, Houston’s best independent bookseller, where you’ll often find University of Houston and Rice professors leading discussions....
...It is generous: the portions of clean, fresh, fish-and-vegetable-based curries and rices are robust, the breakfasts vast and varied, the staff chatty and smiling....
...There are also takeaway rice boxes, Japanese cooking ingredients and home-made sriracha next to IPAs from the local Northdown Brewery....
...Curtiss’s success, as well as the fact her canvasses recall past artists such as the Chicago Imagists, including Christina Ramberg who regularly painted hair, have led to some critical mutters....
...The traditional dye is made from leaves of the Japanese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria, fermented in rice wine and wheat bran to create pure tints that range in hue from a saturated navy to aqua to sky-blue...
...“It basically reverses every oil policy that Hugo Chávez ever implemented,” said Francisco Monaldi, a fellow in Latin American energy policy at Rice University in Houston....
...It begins with a list of white things – rice, salt, snow – and transitions into a meditation on the life and death of the author’s newborn sister. I found it extremely powerful....
...It’s hidden in an alley near Les Halles, and the poulet braisé with plantains, rice and beans and the funky zebra print and pictures of Marvin Gaye make it a fantastic place....
...A more under-the-radar place is Accra Restaurant, which serves completely authentic Ghanaian food – plantain fufu, jollof rice – in a simple, lively setting....
...In the 1980s, when the US demanded access to Japanese agricultural markets, Tokyo claimed vehemently that food security justified restrictions on the import of rice....
...However, Christina Blacklaws, president of the UK’s Law Society, says there could still be litigation....
...For the juiciest pork gyoza and the best noodles, try Tohryu for a casual lunch, or Chikuyotei in Ginza for traditional unagi [eel] with rice....
...It was dreamed up by Christina Tosi, the chef behind Ssäm Bar’s dessert menu and the founder of sister bakery Milk Bar....
...Clayton Dubilier & Rice, a private equity group that controls several consumer product companies, will compete with Coty for the cosmetics business, which could be valued at about $3bn....
...The addition of P&G brands such as Olay, Christina Aguilera Perfumes and Wella would transform the group, which failed to acquire Avon Products three years ago for $14bn, into a major beauty company....
...Lily Le Brun Photographs: Mike Kitcatt/V&A; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Christina Smith/V&A; Kawaii Monster Café Harajuku; Gion; Pip Barnard/V&A; A Astes/Alamy; James Jaron/V&A...
...Slideshow Photographs: Christina Bollen/Gap Gardens; S&O/Gap Gardens; Howard Rice/Gap Gardens; S&O/Gap Gardens; Maxine Adcock/Gap Gardens; Jonathan Buckley/Gap Gardens...
...An unpretentious mix of music, dance and poetry awaits. maincafe.net Eis Christina Germans are prolific consumers of ice cream and this is the premier address in Frankfurt....
...Foreign governments should also do more to follow the cash trail, and pursue money laundering cases and asset forfeitures abroad, said Christina Katsouris, co-author of the report....
...mainly affecting commodities that are largely used in animal feed such as corn and soybeans, as opposed to the last bout of food inflation in 2008, when the price of staple foods such as wheat, maize and rice...
...Christina Lamb, foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times. Adrian Lester, actor. Stella McCartney, fashion designer. Ewan McGregor, actor....
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