Hints and tips:
...The nori-like notes of green tea in its Ginger & Yuzu kombucha blend are a great partner for the main ingredients....
...Think of all the poor billionaires that don't have artificial snow slopes to ski down. And then they say we give democracy a bad name. How rich of them, which is what they are....
...This Asian-inspired savoury sauce features ginger and rice-wine vinegar and works a treat on noodles....
...“I was at the helm at 2am and was told to just aim for a mountain, then the snow came, and the mountain disappeared.”...
...Yet even a slow and nervous cyclist will outpace any pedestrian, and after a very ginger start, I apologetically reel in the field....
...Other highlights include nasi dagang (made with a heirloom red rice grown for 3,000 years by the Lun Bawang tribe in Sarawak) that is anointed with coconut and ginger scallion oil, and served with coral...
...Small plates serve dishes such as smoked salmon tartar (£10) or miso aubergine (£7), and the special winter cocktails include aromatic libations such as the Brave Robin: Eminente Claro rum, ginger liqueur...
...In winter, when the cows have been brought down to the surrounding valleys and the fields are smothered in snow, its gentle undulations become a laid-back ski area....
...Drop by for an alfresco lunch or dinner of Nobu delights such as wood-oven cooked creamy spicy snow crab (£24)....
...sandwich of gammon, gherkins and sauerkraut, rarebit jacket potatoes and pulled pork buns with chilli and ginger slaw....
...Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet is published by Tinder Press at £20; her children’s book Where the Snow Angels Go by Walker books at £14.99...
...The result is a complex and spicy unisex scent that combines white florals such as ginger lily and jasmine with the woody depth of sandalwood, cedar and amber....
...I remember a light snow descending on the lawn outside. My cheeks stung from the cold and I curled my fingers into a fist inside my mittens, which I insisted on wearing at all times....
...At this time of the year, I start to feel nostalgic for Moscow — the chill in the air that brings the promise of a brutally early but beautiful first snow. So that is where we’ll dine....
...Add the golden raisins, ginger and garlic and stir again. Cook for a further 10 minutes....
...Its more popular dishes include snake braised in ginger sauce and a “dragon and phoenix” soup made from chicken and snake broth....
...Ginger and orange biscuits — tree decorations To make 12-14 large cookies or about 30 small ones This is the first biscuit mix I remember making with my mum....
...And then we spotted a large herd of blue sheep, prey of the most fabled of all big cats, the snow leopard....
...In other places, bright Aryan-blue eyes flash beneath mountainous turbans, while we saw several households with blonde or ginger hair....
...Then, using a fork again, smash the ice to create red and shiny snow. Serve the baked cream topped with roasted strawberries and add the snow at the last minute....
...The surface of the brandy butter sparkles like freshly fallen snow. “Don’t,” my conscience whispers. “There must be a forgotten sausage somewhere.”...
...Pico Iyer Discovery: Dog-mushing across frozen ponds as winds whip snow into fast-moving blizzards? Driving snowmobiles through near-impassable woods in minus 39C?...
...There was thunderous applause at the end of Dries van Noten, and I don’t just mean the thunderclap of snow and giant hailstones that heralded its finale....
...Anne Hirvonen’s boots crunch into the last of the snow as she strides briskly through the forest....
...Normally, winter frost and snow would threaten a building deadline here. So far, the impediment has been unrelenting torrential rain. The location is wonderful....
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