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...F&F was the UK’s seventh-largest fashion retailer during Tarry’s tenure, he said....
...Fried rice is normally a popular choice among diners in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Yet lately many people have stopped ordering it, says restaurant manager Toni Aladekomo....
...Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/425°F/gas mark 7 and line a baking sheet with baking paper....
...It draws me to think of Toni Morrison’s famous description of racism as a distraction, usurping energy that might be placed elsewhere....
...Kona Haque, head of research at ED&F Man, the agricultural trading house, said India’s ban on non-basmati rice exports showed the impact of El Niño....
...The alkaline salts (kansui) lend the noodles their satisfying chew and elasticity, which sets them apart from other types such as egg or rice....
...I think the best Italian clothes are here, whether on the fifth floor at Isetan or the great Beams F; there are cult shirtmakers, soft-shouldered tailoring and terrific ties....
...The period covered includes the Cuban missile crisis, the Profumo affair, the assassination of John F Kennedy, the fall of Harold Macmillan and the brief premiership of Alec Douglas-Home before the election...
...For a whole generation of Italians, the “Moro Affair” holds the same epoch-defining importance as the assassination of John F Kennedy or 9/11. Everyone knows where they were when they heard the news....
...Some are household names: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Looking for Alaska by John Green, whose The Fault in Our Stars is one of the highest-selling books ever....
...They’re already being affected by the disruption of Ukraine’s grain exports and India’s export ban on certain types of rice....
...The collapse of the grain deal comes as the global food system faces turmoil ranging from India banning exports of non-basmati white rice to record olive oil prices....
...You’ve done a book on the New Deal, you’re doing a book on John F Kennedy....
...The deal would have spanned authors ranging from EL James and Stephen King to George Orwell and F Scott Fitzgerald....
...There are bowls of steamed rice. There are fish finger sandwiches. None of it makes sense but each thing is perfect because it is exactly what it is supposed to be....
...The rice dish of spinach and langoustines and the strawberry, cucumber and kefir dessert with black pepper were for me the standouts of her springtime repertoire....
...Her innovative melon and Rawcciutto, a thin rice crepe marinated in sun-dried tomato paste, smoked paprika and extra-virgin olive oil, had the taste and texture of real prosciutto....
...Pre-heat the oven to 175°C/350°F/gas mark three. Once the vegetables have cooled, add the beaten eggs, breadcrumbs and chopped parsley, and mix....
...If you are lucky — and visit at the right time of year — you’ll be able to finish off your meal with fresh alphonso mangoes or a bowl of kheer, the sweet, saffron-infused Indian rice pudding....
...“We should sell them the F-16 jets and modernise those jets as well,” Biden told reporters....
...Nd4 2 Nb6 mate (by John Rice and Michael Lipton). Chess: 2345 1 Rxg7! Kxg7 (if Rb1 2 Rg1! Rxd1 3 Rxh6 mate) 2 Qg1+ Kf8 (if Kh7 3 Bf5+ Kh8 4 Rxh6 mate) 3 Bf5+ Nxf5 4 Qg8+ Ke7 5 Qf7 mate....
...Polls are particularly sketchy outside the big cities, where people are sometimes paid in bags of rice or bundles of notes to vote for a particular candidate....
...Offcuts of char siu are also sometimes thrown into fried rice, bringing an extra touch of caramel to the classic stir-fry, or added to baked pastries....
...Fittingly, rice-paper lanterns hang from the ceiling over an L-shaped black and white Carrara marble counter surrounding a large open kitchen....
...Kokis is a Sri-Lankan pastry, made by dipping a hot metal die into a batter of coconut milk and rice flour....
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