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Suing your way to the stars

Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! I’m back from a very fun and rehabilitative couple weeks away from my phone, my Twitter account and the news cycle. That said, I actually really missed writing this newsletter, and while Greg did a fantastic job while I was out, I won’t be handing over […]

The Guardian view on chefs: underpaid, overworked and in demand | Editorial

Posted inChefsFoodFood & drink industryHospitality industryrestaurantsWork & careers
Posted byEditorial
08/23/2021

An acute shortage of staff offers an incentive to improve a stressful working cultureWhite Heat, by Marco Pierre White, is one of the most influential recipe books of the past 30 years. Published in 1990, its edgy black and white photography popularise…

Nigel Slater’s recipes for pickled figs and baked sardines

Posted inFishFoodLife and stylePickling, fermenting and preserving
Posted byNigel Slater
08/22/2021

A winning way with short-season figs, and a crunchy, herby, baked fish treatThis is the most extraordinary summer I can remember. The day on which monsoon-style rains smashed my tomato plants to rags was followed by one so hot and dry I could barely fi…

‘I could have had a midlife crisis’: Ed Balls on cooking and life after politics

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Posted byEd Cumming
08/22/2021

He’s been shadow chancellor, and he wowed the crowds on Strictly. Now Ed Balls has written a book that’s part memoir, part cookbook. He talks about kitchen confidence, failing at diets – and why politics is still a hot subject for himEd Balls is unhapp…

Bars to keep you company

Sometimes you need a little something sweet when you’re all aloneBeing in someone’s else’s house when they are not there (and you’re not a burglar) is a contemplative experience, like walking round a film set. It may be people that make a home, but an …

Home delivery and social media: how UK ice-cream sellers survived pandemic

Posted inBusinessCoronavirusFoodFood & drink industryIce-cream and sorbetTravel & leisureUK news
Posted byEllie Violet Bramley
08/22/2021

Parlours and vans have survived a hugely difficult couple of years by adding a big scoop of innovationLast July, Filippo Mancini, a fourth-generation ice-cream maker, ran the Belly Banger competition from his shop on the esplanade at Prestwick beach in…

Kurisu Omakase at Ichiban Sushi, London: ‘It is both dinner and theatre’ – restaurant review

Posted inFishFoodLife and stylerestaurantsTravel
Posted byJay Rayner
08/22/2021

London’s top sushi chefs are fighting to book a precious seat to see what this young man is doing in BrixtonKurisu Omakase at Ichiban Sushi, 58A Atlantic Road, London SW9 8PY. All bookings announced on Instagram @kurisuomakase. Dinner £108It is eight o…

This Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok questioned over biometric data collection

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices […]

Image of water, deodorant, air freshener, cereal, crisps, shortbread…

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Posted bySchmod
08/21/2021

UK grocer Sainsbury’s have digitized and uploaded their entire collection of store-brand packaging materials, mostly dating from the 1950s-1980s. [via @mathowie] The full archive is a surprisingly comprehensive treasure-trove that contains images of n…

Cocktail of the week: maverick – recipe | The good mixer

A tropical treat with a vodka kick and prosecco bubbles to lift the fruitThis is our vibrant and tropical homage to the celebrated spritz. It’s a great alfresco refresher for a warm, late summer’s day. Continue reading…

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