92 m. ago Sunday best: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for braised chicken with chickpeas and rosewater dried apricots

An aromatic Persian stew, followed by stewed dried apricots with pistachio cookiesSpring is here in all its glory, as the birds testify with their ebullient chitter-chat. But the weather is wilful and the air can turn chilly in a flash, and it’s this in-between time when soothing braises made with lighter ingredients are just what’s needed. I recently found a recipe for an Iranian chicken stew recipe that paired carrots and yoghurt, and its sunniness really appealed to me; I added cardamom for its evocative scent and chickpeas for body, and it was demolished by the troops. Pudding had to be simple, and both the biscuits and poached apricots can be made a few days ahead, so it is also blissfully easy. A lovely spring lunch for a lazy, sun-soaked day. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The sweet comment Prince Harry made to William when he saw Kate Middleton walking down the aisle at Westminster Abbey

On Tuesday it will be 14 years since Kate Middleton married Prince William in front of 1,900 guests at Westminster Abbey - as well as a further two billion watching from home.

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3 h. ago ‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?

Filming in Los Angeles is at a historic low, with some suggesting the city might go the way of DetroitWhen screenwriter David Scarpa visits the great Hollywood studios these days, he is struck by what is missing. “It used to be you’d walk around those back lots and you’d see many people and they were very busy,” Scarpa muses. “They were like small cities. Now often you’ll walk around and have nobody else there. It feels empty. You definitely feel the absence of life on those lots.”Like the once proud industrial factories of the midwest, the dream factories of southern California are in decline. Last year was the worst for on-location filming in Los Angeles since tracking began 30 years ago apart from pandemic-hit 2020. Of all the TV shows and feature films that North American audiences watch, only one-fifth are now made in California. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago BBC Breakfast pulled off air today as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt issue statement

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4 h. ago BBC Breakfast halted as Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt announce sad death

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4 h. ago Stag tries Benidorm's biggest breakfast but it's his own sausage everyone's looking at

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5 h. ago Pudding for breakfast? Latest internet fad is a dream for those with a sweet tooth

Topsy-turvy food trend trickling into supermarkets as sweet treats no longer reserved as an end-of-dinner finaleThe idea of pudding as a sweet finale to lunch or dinner is being inverted by the rise of the breakfast pudding. This topsy-turvy food trend includes everything from chia seed puddings designed to taste like cookie dough, overnight oats that resemble tiramisu and Weetabix biscuits transformed into what could be mistaken for vanilla cheesecake.TikTok is the main instigator of the trend, causing dieticians, fitness influencers and homecooks to do battle with viral recipes. The process tends to involve soaking base ingredients such as oats and chia seeds overnight with natural plant additions such as dates and cacao powder or somewhat less healthy, processed items such as melted chocolate bars and spreads including Lotus Biscoff, a brand of caramelised biscuits. There are recipes inspired by Snickers, Kinder Bueno and Bounty bars alongside others modelled on cinnamon rolls an...

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11 h. ago Gardeners with rhubarb urged to do crucial thing to crops in April

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13 h. ago As David Beckham turns 50 next week, will he get his dream birthday gifts

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13 h. ago We live in the most beautiful village in Dorset, we're fighting to stop out

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15 h. ago JoJo Siwa declares 'insane love' for CBB's Chris Hughes in sweet final speech

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17 h. ago Zoe Ball lands huge TV hosting gig after stepping down from breakfast radio show

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19 h. ago Britain's Got Talent's Susan Boyle's romance with doctor as she reveals sweet texts

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20 h. ago Justin Bieber hits out at Hollywood 'bullies' in concerning post as he puts on united front with wife Hailey

Justin Bieber hit out at 'Hollywood bullies' in a new concerning post on Friday after putting on a united front with wife Hailey at breakfast the day prior.

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