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Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta and peas | A kitchen in Rome

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta and peas | A kitchen in Rome

A square meal from Lazio featuring spring peas and lasagne sheets cut up into stamp-sized piecesTake a sheet of paper. You can simply use it as is, filling it with words or drawings, or you could roll it into a tube, shred it into ribbons of any width, rip or cut it into any number of squares, or fold it into a boat, hat or peacock. Well, the same applies to sheets of pasta! I am thinking mostly about the sheets of fresh egg pasta that here in Italy come in stacks in cellophane-topped packets. For a long time, I...

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A Funny TikTok Series About 'Heaven's Receptionist’ Is Helping People Deal With Grief

A Funny TikTok Series About 'Heaven's Receptionist’ Is Helping People Deal With Grief

Taryn Delanie Smith's portrayal on TikTok of heaven’s receptionist, Denise, is as moving as it is funny.  Taryn Delanie Smith, aka 2022’s Miss New York, said she was taking a shower one day when a ridiculous thought popped into her head. “Why are ghosts always in a nightgown?” Smith recalled to HuffPost over the phone. “Why are they always in a top hat or the outfit they died in? And then I was like, ‘Do you get to choose your ghost outfit? Are you stuck in that outfit?’ And then I started thinking, ‘If you die in a chicken suit,...

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Have We Been Misjudging Natalie On Yellowjackets?

Have We Been Misjudging Natalie On Yellowjackets?

Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.My favorite "Yellowjackets" character is Natalie Scatorccio (Sophie Thatcher/Juliette Lewis), the most grounded, no-BS of the 1996 plane crash survivors and seemingly the group's conscience. I've written before that she is the series' heart and soul, but after the season 2 finale — "Storytelling" — I realized that I hadn't considered if Natalie herself would agree with that description.In "Storytelling," Natalie says in both past and present that she doesn't see herself as a good person. We already knew that she accidentally caused her abusive father to shoot himself when she was younger. Season 2, episode 8...

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Memorial Day Weekend Sales

Memorial Day Weekend Sales

On Sale: Madewell shorts xxs, similar tank (love – see on me), flat sandals 5, earrings, $15. sunglasses, Modern Picnic mini bag (JEAN20 for 20% off) Turn on your JavaScript to view content Home NEARLY NATURAL plants The Deal: 30% off with code USA Faux 82″olive tree – We have this cutie and it looks just as pictured! I ordered directly from Nearly Natural, but it’s also available on Amazon where the pricing varies. Boll & Branch The Deal: 20% off bundles with code SUMMERDREAM. We use their organic cotton bedding daily and it makes a luxe housewarming gift (comes nicely...

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A look at traditions for royal weddings

A look at traditions for royal weddings

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave after their wedding ceremony at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle in Windsor, near London, England, Saturday, May 19, 2018.Andrew Matthews, pool, Associated Press British royal weddings are known for being extravagant celebrations rooted in tradition. Pulling off a royal wedding requires accordance to certain rules and traditions from brides, grooms and guest.It begins with permission from the reigning monarch to marry and abiding by strict rules about what to wear, the cake you can serve and the flowers in a bride’s bouquet. Here are 8 rules and traditions for royal weddings. Related...

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