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Nov 12, 2026 - Lifestyle

This soft-but-dense, velvety delight is cake at its most pudding-like. It’s at its prime still warm from the oven, but gets gloriously fudgy after a night in the fridgeThe note by Elizabeth David is helpful here: “This cake can also be eaten like a pudding” for its soft-dense-velvet-texture. But I am jumping ahead: this week’s column started in Ferrara, a city in the wetlands of the Po delta in the north-eastern corner of Emilia-Romagna. Half medieval lanes and half green avenues and parks, Ferrara is home to one of Europe’s most imposing red-brick castles, one that provides a home to an annual journalism festival run by the magazine Internazionale. Ferrara is also known for a cake. In fact, it was after a discussion about translation and fact-checking with the Italian writer Domenico Starnone and the translator Ann Goldstein that I first ate a wedge of chocolate, butter, egg, sugar and flour torta tenerina.Having just mentioned fact-checking, I am now going to side-step the origin stories. The name, however, more or less translates as “little tender one”, although that “little” refers more to the fact that it is a bit tender, rather than being on the small side. Especially because tenerina recipes from Ferrara call for tins ranging from 24-26cm in size, which produce slender cakes that are gently cracked on top and tacolenta (sticky) within; in fact, another name for the cake is torta tacolenta. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Lifestyle

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?The recent US elections reminded the Thursday quiz that we have just passed the sixth anniversary of Rudy Giuliani’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference, which was not only hilarious in and of itself, but sparked one of the best viral laughing videos of all internet history. Whether you will be laughing as hard after facing this week’s quiz remains to be seen. Here are 15 punchlines in search of a question about topical news, general knowledge and pop culture. Let’s be having you!The Thursday news quiz, No 272 Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Lifestyle

No one wants to slog away in the kitchen while everyone else gets festive. Thanks to these hacks and recipes from professionals, you won’t have toWhen it comes to cooking during the festive season, time is tight, fridge space is at a premium and the last thing you want is to be trapped in the kitchen while your family and friends enjoy the fruits of your labour. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to get ahead. “It’s all in the preparation,” says Tom Childs, the head chef at Kerridge’s in London. “Get organised like a commercial kitchen and you’ll be relaxed by the time the big day arrives.”From freezable, deeply delicious gravy to flavoured butters guaranteed to give the driest of meats a juicy kick, from preserves to liven up leftovers to lightweight puddings the whole family can enjoy, I tested the recipes chefs recommend making now to guarantee your Christmas larder is well stocked, no matter who ends up at your dining table. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Lifestyle

Skeleton suits for Phantom of the Opera, garish wigs for Beetlejuice, a Don’t Tell Mama dress for Cabaret … our critic pulls on her cat ears and leotard to investigate a wild new crazeIt’s an hour before curtain-up and the queue outside the theatre is full of green wigs and blue faces, all amid a sea of black and white stripes. It is Halloween night and these theatregoers of all ages, snaking around a corner of the West End, are in themed dress for the musical Beetlejuice, adapted from the 80s film.In other theatres’ queues you might spot a king from Hamilton, the queens of Six and the wizards of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, all bestowing new meaning to the idea of dressing up for the theatre. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - Lifestyle

ShopKanna brings several hemp THC beverage brands together in one online store, including Cann, Cycling Frog, Just Chill and Wynk. Its current selection remains available as a federal deadline approaches that could change how much THC a hemp-derived drink can contain while retaining its federal hemp classification. The retailer’s drinks contain between 2 and 10 […] The post ShopKanna Keeps Hemp THC Drinks Available as December 11 Deadline Nears appeared first on Grit Daily News.