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YOU don’t need to jet to the Costa del Sol to get a taste of the Mediterranean. I’ve found the best deals and offers to put together a Spanish-style feast at home. Here’s how you can enjoy Spain’s finest dishes at a great price . . . TIME FOR TAPAS: Do it like the Spanish and create a spread of small plates to enjoy with an after-work drink or combined to make a full meal. A pot of Asda’s Pimento olives with Iberico cheese is on rollback, down from £2 to £1.50, while Sainsbury’s sharing tapas platter is down from £3.50 to £3. Tesco Clubcard customers can get two tapas for £4.50. Options include tortilla, cured meats and olives. Morrisons has spicy chorizo at an offer price of £1 and Aldi’s The Deli Spanish meats and cheese selection is £1.69. MORE SUN SAVERS SUN SAVERS Five ways to give your home a sweet summer scent SUN SAVERS I'm a wine expert - here's six tips to choose tasty but affordable plonk … [Read more...] about Best deals and offers to put together a Spanish-style feast at home

Valeria Perasso Published 9 October 2017 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing In a textbook for students in Tanzania, boys are strong and athletic, while girls just look proud of their pretty frilly dresses. In a primary school reader in Haiti, pupils learn that mothers "take care of the kids and prepare the food" as fathers work "in an office". There's a Pakistani illustrated book where all politicians, authoritative and powerful, are male. In Turkey, a cartoon of a boy shows him dreaming of becoming a doctor. Meanwhile a girl imagines herself as a future bride in white gown. The list goes on - and knows no geographical boundaries. Gender bias is rife in primary school learning books and can be found, in a strikingly similar form, on every continent, various experts say. It is a problem "hidden in plain sight". "There are stereotypes of … [Read more...] about 100 Women: ‘We can’t teach girls of the future with books of the past’

An Italian chef has revealed how she saves money on her food shop by foraging for ingredients amid the worsening cost of living crisis in the UK. Vittoria Veltri, who lives in Putney, south-west London , cooks with edible flowers, wild garlic and nettles she finds near her home. Growing up in the south of Italy, the mum-of-two regularly foraged but was too nervous to try it in the busy capital, especially as she did not know what would be fine to pick. Her grandmother was an ‘amazing’ cook, and her dad is really into growing food and foraging, so Vittoria always ate fresh produce in her childhood. Inspired to continue the family tradition – and save some money on groceries – she took a course to learn about natural ingredients available in the area. ‘It definitely saves money because you don’t have to buy anything. You just need to have patience and go for a walk,’ she told MyLondon . Vittoria now enjoys going foraging with her five-year-old son before the … [Read more...] about Mum-of-two saves money on her food bill by foraging for ingredients

By R.W.GORDON THE movie at Camp Dehabilitation was packed, largely because the commanding officer had caused mess call to be sounded early and unit commanders had marched the resulting formations over in a body. The strays herded late into the front seats were those the MP’s had rounded up at the slop chute and Post Exchange. A captain, with enough ribbons on his chest to stifle incipient jeers, strode from the wings to the exact center of the stage, where he was handed a microphone by a corporal with a crew haircut. He said words into this microphone, to wit: — “The movie tonight, men, will be Hollywood Canteen. I know most of you have seen this picture, and that all of you except the adolescent autograph hounds are going to gag on a second dose of it, which is why we brought you over here before chow. You will consider this picture a training film, and will pay strict attention. Company officers will hold school in this subject upon your return to barracks. “We’ve got to … [Read more...] about Civilians: Our Next Problem