Speedy, silky and saucy: Alice Zaslavsky’s prawn, macadamia and asparagus stir-fry – recipe Alice Zaslavsky https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/sep/05/easy-stir-fry-recipe-prawn-macadamia-asparagus-alice-zaslavsky

How to make dan dan noodles – recipe A step-by-step guide to making this quick noodle dish laced with smoky chilli oil and tingly Sichuan pepper Felicity Cloake https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/sep/04/how-to-make-dan-dan-noodles-recipe-felicity-cloake

Apple doughnuts and pumpkin snickerdoodles: Edd Kimber’s cookie recipes Apple doughnut-flavoured cinnamon cookies and pumpkin cookies with masala chai spicing Edd Kimber https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/sep/04/apple-doughnuts-pumpkin-snickerdoodles-recipe-edd-kimber-cookie

‘A drizzle, a dollop and a crunch’: the secret to plant-based eating Bettina Campolucci Bordi, as told to Isabelle Rodney https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/a-drizzle-a-dollop-and-a-crunch-the-secret-to-plant-based-eating

Plant-based cooking is its own cuisine. We all can learn from it. You don’t have to be vegan to want to learn to cook good plant-based dishes. Column by Joe Yonan https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2024/09/01/vegan-plant-based-cooking-joe-yonan/

‘Don’t be scared of beans’: how readers are handling US grocery inflation
Food prices have increased 22% in last four years and people are feeling the pinch. Readers share their strategies to cope
Aliya Uteuova

How to make the perfect blueberry pie – recipe
It is said there’s no such thing as a perfect blueberry pie, but let’s see how close our resident perfectionist can get …
Felicity Cloake

Have pastry-making methods changed?
Chill and rest are still the classic tips
Anna Berrill

Nigel Slater’s recipe for chilled rice pudding and late summer compote
Nigel Slater

From kimchi to kombucha, it’s easy to ferment at home. Here’s all the kit you need
Clare Finney

Thomasina Miers’ late-summer sausage and pea cassoulet with a butter leaf salad – recipes
A tempting sausage meatball stew with beans, peas, onions and fennel in a garlicky sauce, plus a summery butterhead lettuce salad with a burnt lemon and tarragon dressing
Thomasina Miers

Four things you can’t get around here:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/06rnL9kv_7I?si=WR_-F4WUyqLli71K

Every restaurant in Glasgow, Scotland seemed to have halloumi on the menu:
Beyond frying: alternative ways to cook with halloumi
Yes, you can grill halloumi, too, but the cheese’s texture also makes it ideal for fritters, traybakes and even ‘croutons’
Anna Berrill

Nigel Slater’s recipe for broad beans with dill and bacon
A green and herby warm salad for warm days
Nigel Slater

Tamal Ray’s recipe for pork and tarragon meatballs with lemony leeks
These are a cinch to make, and feature bright notes from the citrussy leeks offset by the crunch of salty, spicy breadcrumbs
Tamal Ray

What Was A Real Viking Funeral Like?

Great story about a gun from the old West (DePayWalled): https://wapo.st/3LOgA3c

Not for vegetarians, street food in Berlin: https://youtu.be/KaaW5JnUhHo?si=lRt0ZDblyavPOq-z

Tim Walz — That’s our governor: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/03/who-is-tim-walz-potential-vp-kamala-harris

Meanwhile, in Wales: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/02/humongous-fort-found-in-wales-may-disprove-theory-of-celtic-roman-peace?CMP=share_btn_url

$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. DePayWalled
https://wapo.st/3SxAkvO

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi, right, in New York on Sept. 19, 2016, less than two months before that year’s election. (Andres Kudacki/AP)
By Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig