The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ parsnip recipes

Root vegetables are cheap and abundant in winter, but they’re often underrated and, as a result, underused. They are the less showy cousins of our summery veg stars, full of fibre and very versatile. This week, I’ve been cooking with parsnips, which are one of my favourite parts of Christmas lunch: caramelised, chewy, soft and sweet after a good roasting nestled in among the potatoes. But they’re good for everyday cooking, too: bake them in cream for a gratin, and serve them with something appley – their perfect match. Or grate them raw and use in a salad or in a gloriously moist sponge cake with an indecently good burnt butter icing.

By Thomasina Makers

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/09/parsnip-recipes-gratin-cake-thomasina-miers

Amanda Seyfried Talks Openly About Botox, Mental-Health Advocacy, and Smelling Like a Latte

Hyacinth makes me think of Easter. Looking back, I reminisce about being home when I was little, and feeling safe and young — when things were innocent. When things were pure. My mom’s obsessed with jasmine and lavender. When I smell jasmine, I think of my mom, even though it’s something that is very West Coast. My whole wall in Los Angeles is night-blooming jasmine that lasts for two weeks.

By: Kathleen Hou

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/pregnant-amanda-seyfried-talks-about-botox-mental-illness-beauty-interview.html

Book Publishers Are Scrambling To Release Trump ‘Survival Guides’

Both U.K. and U.S. publishers have already responded to Trump’s candidacy and election with less-serious books, too. In July, Michael Ian Black released a jokey riff on children’s literature, A Child’s First Book of Trump, published by Simon & Schuster; next week, Bard of the Deal: The Poetry of Donald Trump, a goofy parody, will come out from HarperCollins.

By Maddle Crum

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-survival-guide-books_us_584aea24e4b04c8e2baf9342

Men Embrace Makeup to Look 10 Years Younger

Company Director, Men’s Grooming Guru & Fashion Editor

With the men’s grooming market now hitting multi-billion dollar status and estimated to be worth a whopping £14.8bn in 2016 alone, a rise of approximately 5.8% compared to the previous 12-months, we’ve seen a huge rise in the number of brands trying to get in on the act. However, two brands making significant strides in the world of men’s personal care and beauty are British based online outfit MMUK MAN and Scandinavian skin care specialists Recipe For Men, offering an altogether different range of men’s products, namely makeup for men.

By Alexander Daily
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alexander-dalley/men-embrace-makeup-to-loo_b_11540914.html

Bill Gates says these were the 5 best books he read in 2016

"Reading books is my favorite way to learn about a new topic," he writes on his blog. "I've been reading about a book a week on average since I was a kid. Even when my schedule is out of control, I carve out a lot of time for reading."

By Khathleen Elkins

Link:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/05/bill-gates-5-best-books-he-read-in-2016.html