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...“But I’m not concerned, because the emphasis is on human nature....
...“I’m planning to cast a blank vote.” Additional reporting by Michael Stott in London...
...When I tell her it’s Ajo Blanco with peeled grapes on top, she launches into “Peel Me a Grape” and everyone loosens up — apart from Gandhi who’s rather sheepish about the chips and pokes awkwardly at his...
...Sit down for a meal where I work and you can expect a starter of ajo blanco with picked crab and bright green basil oil and a main, say, of perfectly cooked brill with sea greens, confit tomatoes, shrimps...
...I’m proud to say that I’ve never concealed a winning vintage while serving lesser wine to others. I imagine the loneliness of keeping such a grubby secret taints the fun....
...I’m suggesting the rendered buttock fat of Titian’s putti....
...The most popular cocktail, I’m told, is the wildberry pisco sour (featuring homemade raspberry syrup)....
...So what you’re gonna get in this tequila is a floral in the citrus notes of the blanco tequila, balanced with a sweetness and the spice of the extra aged tequila....
...When I’m in Hong Kong, I always head to my favourite places for dim sum....
...From €490, etthem.se Head for the AndalucÍan hills Once upon a gilded 1980s time, the Byblos hotel in the Andalucían pueblo blanco of Mijas was the haunt of the great, good and notorious, from Mick Jagger...
...She agrees to pour me the good stuff, and lines up a few blancos. At Leyenda, agave spirits are served as they are in Mexico: in a small glass, neat, with no lime or salt....
...Pagos del Rey, Marqués de los Zancos Rioja Blanco 2021 12.5%Viura (aka Macabeo, which doesn’t age too fast) that’s simple but notably crisp and fruity for a fiver....
...Squire Patton Boggs has hired private equity and M&A lawyer Carlos Blanco Morillo as a partner in Madrid. He arrives from Spanish firm Roca Junyent....
...As we weren’t able to gather for last year’s events, I’m excited to return this year and to visit some of my favourite haunts....
...Now I’m enthused by a new generation of west-coast producers and their much greater range of styles....
...Mola is known for a sequence of best-selling crime novels: their protagonist is a Madrid detective called Elena Blanco — “a peculiar, solitary woman, lover of grappa, karaoke, classic cars and all-terrain...
.... £8 M&S De Grendel Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Cape Town 13.5%You can almost feel the wind off the ocean in this subtle dry wine with top notes of green fruits and vegetation....
...Critically, she told me, “I know I’m more than just a hockey player”. In interviews with Olympic medallists in the coming days, “What’s next?” is the question you are least likely to hear posed....
...But I’m pretty sure there’s one primary factor that drives our sense of valuation for things: scarcity....
...But more and more, I’m hearing bar owners talking about making cocktails-to-go a permanent feature in the future....
...“What I’m taking doesn’t cover the electricity,” he said. “You might as well close the doors and leave.”...
...“You need a strategy, and I’m not sure if there is one.”...
...“I’m changing what I can into dollars, even if I don’t have much cash to spare,” said one small business owner in Buenos Aires, who did not want to be named because of official disapproval of what is seen...
...“I’m reminded of the very early days of the Trump administration,” said Duncan Wood, head of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center, a think-tank, recalling the US president’s high turnover of chiefs...
...“I’m still undecided [how to vote]. It’s pathetic how much of a mess we are in,” said Tati Molina, a real estate agent who voted for Mr Macri in 2015....
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