80 m. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for almond and cherry biscuits | A kitchen in Rome

If a fig roll married a bakewell tart, their offspring might well end up looking like these rustic, fruity and nutty Puglian biscuitsSimilar in principle to fig rolls, biscotti di ceglie consist of pastry wrapped around a filling of jam, so they have an irregular and extremely rustic cube form. Known locally as u’ piscquett’l, these biscuits are typical of the town and commune of Ceglie Messapica in the province of Brindisi in Puglia. Ceglie Messapica is also part of the southern reaches of the Murgia, a karst topographic plateau sometimes called the backbone of Puglia, with remarkable agricultural biodiversity, including 40 local varieties of almonds, including tondino cegliese. Like many visitors to the area, we bought a packet of biscotti di ceglie from a bakery in Ceglie Messapica, although this was years ago, when the band my partner plays with toured in Puglia every summer and when we consumed every regional treat in a claustrophobic Fiat van.Unlike the great fig roll, however...

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80 m. ago How to make a classic Battenberg cake with almond, jam and marzipan

This retro teatime favourite is easier to bake than it looks. Food writer Jane Dunn shares her step-by-step guide to mastering the iconic pink-and-yellow sponge, sandwiched with apricot jam and wrapped in marzipan

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2 h. ago Woman picks up £3.09 Too Good To Go bag from Spar and is blown away by contents

A woman who paid £3.09 for a Too Good To Go bag from Spar was left gobsmacked when she opened the bag and saw what was inside - as one particular item floored her

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2 h. ago Sticky end? The British pudding faces extinction, English Heritage warns

Not just boiled or steamed desserts in danger, charity finds, households also rarely make fruit pies and crumblesAt the end of the 17th century a French travel writer who crossed the Channel was clearly impressed by the sweet, comforting treats offered to him, declaring with relish: “Ah! What an excellent thing is an English pudding!”More than three centuries on, English Heritage has sounded the alarm that the good old British pudding is facing extinction. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Grocery wars! Amazon expands food delivery to 1,000 cities in push to compete with Walmart

In 2024, Amazon raked in more than $100 billion in gross sales of groceries and household essentials — excluding Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh

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4 h. ago Mary Berry's 'delicious' chicken lasagne can be whipped up in under 30 minutes

Mary Berry's chicken lasagne recipe is so quick and easy to rustle up that it can be on the table in under 30 minutes and it's creamy and delicious too

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6 h. ago Photos of displaced people in Gaza battling stifling amid food and water shortages

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8 h. ago Barriers prevent severe flooding in Alaska capital after glacier outburst

Officials say temporary barriers helped Juneau avoid hundreds of flooded homes from Mendenhall Glacier meltNewly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city on Wednesday, after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a huge surge of rainwater and snowmelt, officials said.Water pooled on several streets and in some yards in Juneau after the Mendenhall River crested earlier in the day, and high water was expected to persist for hours. But many residents in the flood zone had evacuated before peak water levels, and there were no damage reports similar to the past two summers, when about 300 homes were flooded. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago USDA spent thousands on giant Trump banners as it was cutting aid to schools and food banks, report says

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins previously cheered over the banners, saying, ‘President Trump’s bold vision is ushering in a Golden Age for our farmers’

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10 h. ago Trust your gut: The foods you need to boost those friendly bacteria, and improve your health

Gut health has become the buzzword in wellness circles and with good reason.

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10 h. ago Miracle as boy, 13, who fell down 240ft ravine and survived days with no food or water WAKES UP from coma two weeks later

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11 h. ago Cancer patient faces fresh setback as his car is stolen after first day of treatment: ‘Now I have to deal with that’

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12 h. ago Frozen food giant Iceland set to pay reward to customers who dob in ‘scumbag’ shoplifters

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12 h. ago The midlife crisis for blokes is dead as men are finding a new lease of life in their older age

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13 h. ago Cops search for man accused of killing cancer patient’s dog as revenge for a fight between two animals the same day

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13 h. ago Inside the huge new food hall tucked away in an "untapped" Manchester location

Former Mackie Mayor boss Jake Atkinson and Vita Group are behind the huge new student development with apartments, a fitness studio, co-working and a food hall with five independent kitchens

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13 h. ago Two dead and several in hospital after eating deadly sandwiches from food truck

An investigation has been launched following the second suspected case of fatal botulism in a matter of days in Italy - post-mortems are due on the most recent victims this week

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Scientists analysed more than ten thousand voice notes to detect distinctive ‘vocal biomarkers’

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14 h. ago UK households urged to avoid eating these three types of foods tonight

It can impact your quality of sleep, particularly during the heatwave

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15 h. ago Andy Halliday obliterates Rangers tactics as he exposes 'pure myth' under Russell Martin

Halliday got the tactics board out to break down the deficiencies on show against Dundee in 1-1 draw at Ibrox

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