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...The challenge for defence procurement departments was keeping up to date with technological advances, said Cynthia Cook at US think-tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies....
...Blanch the pasta one sheet at a time for 30 seconds in a wide pan of highly salted (10g/l) water with the extra virgin olive oil in it....
...And so with this transaction we do that,” Cook said. Additional reporting by Patricia Nilsson in Frankfurt...
...Just as beguiling are her trompe l’oeils – edible bites that look like one thing but are actually another....
...From bitter experience my guests know what I like to cook indoors. To change the tone and widen my repertoire, I decided to withdraw to the kitchen and experiment. I am a fundamentalist cook....
...There are exceptions among consumer-facing companies including Apple, where chief executive Tim Cook talked of an “acceleration” in China as it turned a 3 per cent sales decline in its second quarter to...
...Equally great is the frescoed breakfast room, its trompe l’oeil columns spot-lit, its retro dining chairs painted a cheering shade of red....
...My friend Patricia’s birthday parties were the best....
...The owner, Patricia Michelson, is a doyenne of cheese....
...Blanchard was first introduced to Lemmons through a friend when she began searching for a composer for her 1997 directorial debut Eve’s Bayou, a gothic drama starring Samuel L Jackson....
...The rest comes from visitors; fees, events and the support of many Friends worldwide (l.saintleger@vaux-le-vicomte.fr, for details)....
...One attendee, artist Patricia Mitchell, ended up using a malachite-effect backdrop for the paper sculpture she created for Chris Beardshaw’s award-winning Chelsea garden in May....
...The proliferation of these stones reflects a culture that delights in trompe l’oeil playfulness, whether in rock collecting or cuisine....
...Curiosities include Afuega’l Pitu, whose chalky texture and piquant taste you either love or loathe, and the strange Casín, a tiny, rock-hard, powerfully flavoured cheese rescued from imminent extinction...
...Real cooks pit their cherries by hand. After the 1930s, grape scissors suggested a priggish adherence to outmoded decorum....
...According to L’Equipe, PSG ditched plans for a US tour after being offered €20mn to divert to Japan instead....
...“When you think of Sheffield you probably think of a [L S] Lowry painting; that harsh, cold, rugged darkness of industry,” says Mamnick’s Barnett, whose grandfather was a steel forger....
...It’s where we buy most of the ingredients for our restaurants, though it’s well loved by home cooks too....
...To boost kitchen staffing, Orestone has spent around £2,000 to recruit a Bangladeshi cook who will be trained as a high-end chef under the government’s Worker Sponsor Licence scheme....
...At the feast of L-Imnarja, celebrated towards the end of June to commemorate Saints Peter and Paul, candles and bonfires are lit, Maltese folk music is played and the national dish of fenkata (rabbit stew...
...“I’ve not cast a vote for 10 years,” says Catrina Troncaro, a 31-year-old cook at Milei’s Mar del Plata rally. “I used to spoil my ballot paper . . ....
...To this day, if I’m planning a proper toastie binge, I’ll knock up a small soupe à l’oignon as an accompaniment....
...“There are now €5mn villas in areas next to people living in poverty — my neighbours live in a one-room house and cook on a barbecue every evening.”...
...There’s a strong sense of community, not only between cooks and growers but among locals too....
...“In the city, we lead an active life and don’t have time to cook – when we come [here], Coke makes bread and we go for long walks....
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