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Chop, chop! My favourite fridge-raid dinner, no-cook meals and super salads | Food

Chop, chop! My favourite fridge-raid dinner, no-cook meals and super salads | Food

Published by Sam Flores

When Shakespeare coined the phrase “salad days”, he was referring to a state of youthful inexperience. But at 41, and midway through the hottest summer on record, I can safely say my own salad days – these weeks of endless salad-eating – are the result of experience. As my organs segue into their fifth decade, I need more than rosé and a bag of Tyrrells for dinner. (Although if you’re interested, I’m a salt-and-vinegar Furrows person and my favourite rosé – Catalan producer Can Sumoi’s La Rosa – is on offer.) The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. I’m not only eating salad, of course, but assemblies of raw ingredients are an obvious choice if you’re looking for lo-fi meals that involve more interaction with the fridge than the oven. I like Tom Hunt’s rubric for a fridge-raid dinner salad, which – rather than sending you out for ingredients and sweat patches – uses whatever you have on hand. And Meera Sodha’s no-cook …

‘I can make someone’s yearly salary in four minutes’: Dinner lady’s son builds £280,000 a month reseller business

‘I can make someone’s yearly salary in four minutes’: Dinner lady’s son builds £280,000 a month reseller business

Published by Sam Flores

A 21-year-old man who turns over £280,000 of revenue a month by reselling clothes said he was “always adamant” he would “never need grades” to succeed in life. Robbie Cartwright, from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, said his father had his own business and his mother was a school dinner lady, so he had a “fairly working-class upbringing” – but his “business acumen was always there at a young age”. At eight years old, he bought bracelets in bulk and started selling them by putting them in trays in pubs, estimating he made up to £500 over two months in total for charity. Over the years, this escalated to reselling fidget spinners and sweets in the schoolyard, then designer shoes that he woke up early to buy from shoe stores in Leeds so that he could sell them to family and friends, from the age of 13. Over the next few years, he expanded his reselling business to social media sites like Instagram and TikTok, then rented a three-floor physical shop for £600 a month in …

Appalachia, London N1: ‘The chicken is like Sunday dinner on performance steroids’ – restaurant review | American food and drink

Appalachia, London N1: ‘The chicken is like Sunday dinner on performance steroids’ – restaurant review | American food and drink

Published by Sam Flores

Appalachia, newly opened near Old Street, London, is unlike anywhere else in town. It serves grits, pork rinds, collard greens, kilt salad, chow-chow relish and pot liquor. Ali Borer, formerly of Smoking Goat and Guy Ritchie’s Lore of the Land pub, and not remotely Appalachian himself, is cooking the food of yesteryear Scots-Irish mountain settlers who made their home in this sparse region of the eastern United States. Appalachians smoked, pickled and preserved just about any edible item they could get their hands on, because, well, needs must. London’s dining scene has ignored all this porky, liquory stuff until now, mainly because, let’s be frank, most British people’s understanding of Appalachia begins with the Burt Reynolds film Deliverance and ends with those guys from O Brother, Where Art Thou? stealing a chicken. Not only that but, just as many people would be unable to locate the Appalachian mountain region on a map, you might find it equally challenging to locate Nile Street, because it’s hidden away on the borders of Shoreditch, just around the back …

Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and Jack Antonoff among stars spotted at Swift-Kelce rehearsal dinner

Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid and Jack Antonoff among stars spotted at Swift-Kelce rehearsal dinner

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce kicked off their wedding celebrations on Thursday evening, with celebrity guests including Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, and Jack Antonoff spotted arriving at Madison Square Garden in New York for the couple’s rehearsal dinner. The dinner, held inside Madison Square Garden’s Infosys Theater, was scheduled to run from 6pm to 10.30pm and host about 100 guests, according to CBS News, citing two law enforcement sources familiar with security planning. Friday’s main celebration is expected to draw around 1,000 guests, with about 135 New York police officers assigned across both days and roughly 500 vehicles due to transport guests to the venue. Swift and Kelce have kept their wedding plans largely private since announcing their engagement in August 2025, but speculation intensified this week after trucks carrying staging equipment and decorations were seen outside Madison Square Garden (Getty) Swift and …

Taylor Swift wedding live: Preparations in full swing ahead of rumoured rehearsal dinner tonight at Madison Square Garden

Taylor Swift wedding live: Preparations in full swing ahead of rumoured rehearsal dinner tonight at Madison Square Garden

Published by Daniella Wilson

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding schedule: From rehearsal dinner to the ceremony As workers continue carry a seemingly endless stream of furniture, props, food, drink and even a baby grand piano into Madison Square Garden, it seems impossible now that this isn’t where Taylor Swift is marrying her “guy on the Chiefs”, Travis Kelce. There are still some sceptics convinced the elaborate preparations are a “fake-out” – a hugely elaborate way of distracting the world while the real wedding ceremony takes place elsewhere. However, multiple outlets have confirmed that a city permit application was filed for an event at MSG to be attended by 100 people today (unidentified sources have described this as a wedding rehearsal) while the Friday event is believed to be the intimate wedding ceremony and then a reception for up to 1,000 guests. As you can imagine, that’s quite the security nightmare, as experts told The Independent: Experts dissect Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s MSG wedding security The eye-popping estimate for the celeb couple to shell out to secure Madison …

US Senator Warren Calls for Fed Watchdog Review of Bowman’s BofA Dinner, WSJ Reports

US Senator Warren Calls for Fed Watchdog Review of Bowman’s BofA Dinner, WSJ Reports

Published by Sam Flores

July 1 (Reuters) – A group of Senate ⁠Democrats ⁠requested on Wednesday that ⁠the Federal Reserve’s in-house watchdog investigate a meeting ​by the central bank’s top bank regulator and financial market ‌participants held during a quiet ‌period for Fed officials. Citing Fed Vice-Chair for Supervision ⁠Michelle Bowman’s ⁠attendance at a Bank of America client event held ​right after the June 16-17 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the senators wrote “we ask” the Fed’s Inspector General “to review whether her ​attendance or comments violated any statutes, rules, regulations, policies, or ⁠procedures ⁠and whether the Fed’s ⁠existing ​framework governing such external events should be strengthened.” The letter was authored ​by Senators Elizabeth ⁠Warren, Jack Reed, and Chris Van Hollen, and was written to Fed I.G. Michael Horowitz. The letter was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Fed rules prevent central ⁠bank officials from speaking on monetary policy issues in the days ⁠ahead of and just after FOMC meetings. Bowman, in a statement shared by the Fed, said she did not violate central bank policy. “I did not …

Star Sightings: Mariah Carey Has Dinner at Bad Roman in Beverly Hills, Belmont Cameli Surprises Concertgoers

Star Sightings: Mariah Carey Has Dinner at Bad Roman in Beverly Hills, Belmont Cameli Surprises Concertgoers

Published by Daniella Wilson

Here’s a look at what celebrities have been up to as of late! Mariah Carey enjoyed dinner at Bad Roman in Bever Hills, California. Camila Mendes was out and about in New York City wearing TWP’s Logan Stretch Leather Pant in Chocolate and carrying DeMellier’s The New York Shoulder in Mocha Suede & Mocha Smooth. The actress was spotted strolling again in New York City wearing the GUIZIO Eda Skirt and GUIZIO Ara Top while carrying the same bag. Mendes also attended Ariana Grande’s concert in Los Angeles, California wearing the AGOLDE Low Rise Loose in Vault. Kylie Jenner biked in New York City wearing The Perfect Classic Tank by GUIZIO and Kenny sunglasses by OTRA Eyewear. Emmy Rossum attended the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York City carrying BaubleBar’s Custom Stripe tote. Reese Witherspoon was outside ABC Studios in New York City carrying the VESTIRSI Vera Baguette Bag in Pale Pink. Katie Holmes strolled in New York City carrying Cuyana’s System Tote in Dark Chestnut. Ariana Madix appeared on Love Island USA wearing PatBO’s Camila gown. Emily Blunt attended …

8 Of The Best Apéritifs To Drink Before Dinner

8 Of The Best Apéritifs To Drink Before Dinner

Published by Akaay

Nothing beats a pre-dinner drink to whet the appetite. The apéritif was once the domain of the 1980s dinner party, but it has stormed back into popularity. Designed to stimulate the appetite, these drinks are dry and crisp, refreshingly bitter and often herbal. Here are eight great examples to get your taste buds going. Americano This lighter version of the Negroni offers a refreshing, lower-alcohol alternative to its traditional sibling. A marriage of equal parts Campari and sweet red vermouth, it is topped up with soda or sparkling water. In a Negroni, gin is used instead of water, so with an Americano you still get that warming, bitter flavour profile, just without the boozy punch. The Americano predates the Negroni by some 60 years. This classic Italian apéritif was created at Gaspare Campari’s bar in Milan and named the Milano-Torino. Locals later renamed it when the drink became popular with American tourists visiting during the Prohibition era in the 1920s. This decade also saw the birth of the Negroni, when Count Camillo Negroni ordered an …

How to throw a dinner party on a budget

How to throw a dinner party on a budget

Published by Sam Flores

There are plenty of fantasies that feel-good television shows set in the Big Apple sell. Being able to afford a $700-per-month brownstone apartment in a highly sought-after neighborhood on a columnist’s salary. Prancing around the city in Manolo Blahniks, pain-free. Only hailing cabs, never taking the Subway. And always going out to eat and drink with your closest pals — my favorite fantasy of them all. The truth is, eating out, especially in New York City, is really expensive. And it’s certainly not feasible daily. I learned this the hard way, a month into living in Brooklyn. I’d been grabbing drinks after work with friends, going out to brunch on the weekends and trying all the trendy food spots for dinner. It’s certainly exciting and enjoyable in the moment. But it hurt my spending. Greatly. In recent months, I’ve been inviting friends over for dinner and hosting casual dinner parties to save money while still investing in my social life. Dinner parties can be daunting. There’s figuring out whether you’re capable of hosting, deciding what …