There’s a trick to spotting high-quality tequila. On the label of any bottle, look for these letters: NOM, which stand for Norma Oficial Mexicana. It means the tequila was produced at a government-registered distillery in Mexico (a stamp of...
With reference to the article by Hugh Davies about his experiences of having been born with a cleft lip (A moment that changed me: I cried about my cleft lip for the first time in my 60s, 29 April),...
How I hate paperwork. Forms to fill, bills to pay, statements to file, receipts to keep, documents documenting things, proving things, explaining things. Keep them all. Up the pile rises, higher and higher, until this tower of fear and...
Asparagus butts are a particularly tricky byproduct to tame because they’re so fibrous. I usually cut them very finely (into 5mm-thick discs, or even thinner), then boil, puree and pass them through a sieve (as in my green goddess...
The Guardian is approaching its millionth cryptic clue. There is, of course, no overall database that will let us know when the millionth appears but we can infer the number from a milestone that comes this week.On Thursday, it...
At the 20-week ultrasound, because of the baby’s position, my partner and I didn’t get any proper pictures to take home. Instead, the sonographer printed us a shot of the genitals. So, there it was, in black and white:...
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been introduced to a fatty, salty hunk of meat and thought, “my god, I’m going to need a pickle”. I feel the same eating cheese toasties or deli sandwiches with rich...
A two-month-old kitten whose life was saved when he was rescued from a bucket of glue has bonded with the foster parent who helped him to recover – and is sticking with her permanently.Staff at the Humane Society of...
My feet were screaming for mercy. Apologies for the following description, but after New York City’s deep-freeze winter, I had corns between my toes, thick callus pads beneath my big toes, and scaly dry lines all around my foot...
Stars including Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny walked the Met Gala red carpet on Monday to showcase their outfits inspired by the theme Fashion is Art. The event takes place every year on the first Monday in May...
