Hints and tips:
...I’m ethnically Batak, which is from North Sumatra....
...I didn’t grow up in a city – I’m from Minnesota and moved here 10 years ago – so I’m an American in Paris living a dream....
...And if it isn’t already clear that my taste buds are shot, I’m also partial to a dollop of grated horseradish....
A disenchanted cook gives the range the snook
...“Sport and education brought me here – I’m forever thankful for that.”...
...I feel like I have the guardianship of nature when I wear them; that I’m connected to the spirit world....
...“I’m broke most of the time, to be honest with you,” he says. Slowly, however, the foundation’s network is expanding....
...When I’m on vacation or a work trip, I try to get up every morning, write a little note and send it to someone....
...If I’m trying to convert someone, I’ll be more adventurous....
...I’m an ambassador for DeafKidz International, and next month I’m going to Malawi with cochlear implant company MED-EL — some kids out there can’t even get a hearing aid....
...Grouse butts for driven shooting peek out of the heather at Abercairny; I’m told they are seldom used....
...As told to Rosanna Dodds Bernadette Peters on rescue animals The musical theatre star could only ever leave her dogs for Sondheim I grew up with a love of animals....
...I’m half-French and half-Italian, and while I’m not from Pantelleria, I can feel my roots there....
...I wear my Good Squish in a low bun; if I’m feeling bolder I’ll go large with a high pony. I might pin Jacquemus’ gigantic brass flower in a loose chignon, pulling its wire petals just out of sight....
...Hayden named it after his mum. I think I’d have loved Jackie....
...Hayden-Smith is philosophical about his way of gardening....
...At the moment I’m really into Persian rice, and I’m working on a chocolate tahini granola for my little guys. We keep it interesting here....
...From £145, artistresidence.co.uk Rosanna Dodds Taubenkobel, Burgenland, Austria Barbara Eselböck and her Michelin-starred-chef husband Alain Weissgerber took over Taubenkobel in 2014 from Eselböck’s parents...
...“I’m actually having two weddings,” she says. “An Indian wedding in June, as my fiancé is Sikh, and a French wedding on my family vineyard in south-west France.”...
...Otherwise, I’m an opera junkie. When I’m home alone, I play it super-loud as if I’m at the Royal Opera House....
...The Lumule project, however, remains a lesson for us all in showing what one individual can achieve; and Rosanna Dodds’ profile of Okwera is the founding inspiration for this issue of How To Give It....
...“This is probably one of the few times in my life where I’m glad to be deaf.” If not testosterone, then there’s certainly braggadocio....
...“It’s definitely a favourite on our menu,” says chef Travis Hayden, who serves his pistachio-flecked antipasto with pickled cauliflower....
...And I'm here on my family's farm. I grew up here, as did my father, my grandfather, my great-grandmother, and generations before them. Irish farms are often passed down family lines....
...I’m keen to hear your view —isabel.berwick@ft.com....
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