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‘Perfectly textured – moist, fluffy’: the best supermarket falafel, tasted and rated | Food

‘Perfectly textured – moist, fluffy’: the best supermarket falafel, tasted and rated | Food

It was surprisingly hard to find good, traditional falafels in the supermarkets for this test. While most of those on offer were delicious, many had long, complex ingredients lists, other than two standouts made with just chickpeas, herbs, spices and sodium bicarbonate. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Even some of the better falafels had unnecessarily long ingredients lists, despite being relatively minimally processed, but at their worst, some of these falafels were much more processed and included dehydrated potato flakes, pea protein, refined soya bean oil and stabilisers. The best, however, were delicious and contained lots of herbs, spices and even love. The best supermarket falafel Best overall:Ramona’s Original falafel £3.95 for 500g at Ocado (79p/100g) ★★★★☆ A large frozen bag of golden brown, oval pucks. These had that traditional, nutty texture, most likely due to their authentic recipe process. Moist, delicious, but very salty, with 2.19% salt (anything over 1% is salty). A clear winner thanks to their value, minimal …

“Hacks”: Deborah Vance is Tom Cruise-approved, joining the list of celebrities with the moist cake

“Hacks”: Deborah Vance is Tom Cruise-approved, joining the list of celebrities with the moist cake

Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Hanks and Angela Bassett are on the list. Brooke Shields used to be on it but not anymore, and according to a 2023 interview with People magazine, she doesn’t know why. Graham Norton has been on the list for years, but his crew kept him in the dark, enjoying his rich reward themselves. We’re talking about the coveted dessert known as the Tom Cruise cake, a treat that materializes every holiday season on the doorsteps of hundreds of the friends, associates, and anointed randoms deemed worthy by Hollywood’s Last Real Movie Star.  As of the third season premiere of “Hacks,” this celebrity confectionery clique includes Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), a comedian long scorned by Hollywood who after decades of highly lucrative self-imposed exile is once again the toast of L.A. The cake’s casual presence on a side table in her Montreal hotel room is simply another indicator that she’s made it. Again. But it’s how the show introduces the status symbol that underlines what a bad mama Deborah knows she is. Contrary to most stars who worshipfully gush about the exclusive goody on Instagram or rave about it during late-night appearances, Deborah leaves …