5 h. ago America’s new food pyramid hopes to change how the country eats

The US’s new food pyramid is causing a stir reports Cathal O'Hara and Gráinne Kent

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37 h. ago Man paralysed after freak cold water dip might now walk again thanks to AI

Dan Richards has gone to huge effort and expense to try and get his life back on track, but has now found a way forward in a different country that he hopes will be a complete game changer

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48 h. ago 'I visited the American city with delicious soul food and deep music history'

A city steeped in country music history

Culture

2 d. ago American burger joint Wendy's could open new branch in old TGI Friday's restaurant in Greater Manchester town

The US fast food chain would also offer an eat-in option

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch bids to steady Tories after Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform

The Newark MP said most of his former Tory colleagues ‘don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs’.

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4 d. ago Trump’s agriculture secretary mocked over ‘depression meal’ saying chicken and one piece of broccoli is enough

Brooke Rollins suggested eating ‘a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing’ as Americans struggle to put food on the table

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4 d. ago What new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong, according to nutrition experts

’Eat real food’ is simple messaging. But for many, it’s not simple in practice

Events

4 d. ago Trump’s agriculture secretary mocked over ‘depression meal’ for Americans after admin turns food pyramid upside down

Brooke Rollins suggested eating ‘a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing’ as Americans struggle to put food on the table

Politics

5 d. ago American in UK has brutal reaction after trying £8.50 Chinese food meal deal

An American man tried a Tesco Chinese fakeaway for the first time and gave a mixed verdict, praising some items that he tried, while calling one item 'really bad'

Economics

7 d. ago This beef taco recipe from the cookbook 'Plantas' uses salsa for seasoning the meat

Taco night in the U.S. often features an Americanized version of Mexican food that uses a packaged seasoning mix

Society

1 week ago I advised the government on new dietary guidelines. Here’s what they ignored

On the surface, the guidelines share a lot of similarities with the previous version, but they also have a few important differences

Politics

1 week ago Cocktail of the week: The American Bar at Gleneagles’ smoked cherry – recipe | The good mixer

A sweet and sparkly way to use up cocktail cherries at the 19th holeIf, like many people, you’ve got an opened jar of cocktail cherries in the fridge after the festivities, here’s a very classy way to use up some of the syrup.Emilio Giovanazzi, head bartender, The American Bar, Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Perthshire Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre

Ahead of her final European tour, the US songwriter discusses her unlikely life as a country star, seeking advice from Pete Seeger – and why retirement isn’t on the cards just yetWhen Emmylou Harris was starting out in the late 1960s, she thought country music wasn’t for her. “I hadn’t seen the light,” she says. “I was a folk singer who believed you don’t ever work with drummers as they wreck everything.” It was Gram Parsons, of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who changed her mind. Their musical partnership was brief – Parsons died after an accidental drug overdose at the Joshua Tree national park in 1973, aged 26 – but his impact on her was profound. “He had one foot in country and one in rock and was conversant in both. It changed my thinking completely.”Is Harris, legendary doyenne of the country ballad and distinguished recipient of three Country Music Association awards whose guitar was exhibited in Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, really saying she...

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1 week ago Two oil tankers under US sanctions sailing through Channel towards Russia

Aria and Tia both south of Britain after US-UK seizure of Marinera, deemed to be part of Moscow’s ‘shadow fleet’Two oil tankers under US sanctions are sailing east through the Channel towards Russia, prompting speculation over whether the US and UK would be willing to seize further vessels linked to Moscow.The Aria and the Tia, which has changed its name and country of registration several times, were both travelling south of Britain a day after the Marinera oil tanker was captured in the Atlantic by the US with UK help. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Somalia denies US allegation that it destroyed food aid warehouse

Somalia’s government is denying an allegation by the U.S. government that authorities in Mogadishu destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program

Society

1 week ago US suspends assistance to Somalia’s federal government, alleging it seized food aid

The State Department says it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians

Politics

1 week ago Trump admin declares war... on added sugar with new dietary guidelines

New guidelines push Health Secretary Kennedy’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda

Events

1 week ago New dietary guidelines urge Americans to avoid processed foods and added sugar

New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar

Events

1 week ago RFK Jr set to make major changes to the ‘food pyramid’ and recommend what you should be eating every day

Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides recommendations for food-based policy in public schools and assistance programs such as SNAp and more

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2 w. ago American tries full English for first time and stuns fans by making food item from scratch

Jeffrey Troutman, a cook "on a mission" to learn more about British food by tackling "one recipe at a time", turned his attention to the iconic hangover staple and decided to make one for himself

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