With an estimated 1.5 million people in the UK now using GLP-1 weight loss injections, and more than 900 percent growth in prescribing since 2020, a UK pharmacist is issuing Christmas guidance to help people manage the festive season safely.  These medications, which include GLP-1 receptor agonists commonly prescribed under brand names such as Mounjaro, Wegovy and Ozempic, reduce appetite ...

Chef Kriti Shetty turns flavour into feeling, weaving memory, culture, and emotion into every plate she creates. For Chef Kriti Shetty, food is more than sustenance—it’s a living language. Each ingredient carries history, each dish tells a story. In her kitchen, technique meets emotion, and precision becomes a form of expression. “Cooking is a dialogue,” she often says. “Every plate ...

For years, I believed that sorting my taxes was something I could handle “when I got around to it.” Like many freelancers and self-employed professionals, I assumed that as long as I kept receipts and filed something before the HMRC deadline, I was doing fine. What I didn’t realise was how disorganised, inefficient, and costly my tax habits had become—until ...

Anybody who’s eaten watermelon has likely heard the same warning: that if you eat a watermelon seed, it’ll grow in your stomach. Part of growing up is putting that myth to bed, but still, many shoppers still prefer to buy seedless watermelon anyway. Watermelon seeds are maligned for their unpleasant texture and disrupting the enjoyment of the watermelon-eating experience. But ...

Say you’re about to make a big sandwich for lunch. You’ve got your bread, juicy tomatoes, some garlic aioli, and your favorite pickles—but is the lunch meat still good? After all, a club sandwich isn’t a club without fresh ham and turkey. Opened packages of deli meat should be treated differently than sealed ones. And from “sell by” to “use ...

A fried egg with a beautifully runny yolk is one of life’s greatest little pleasures. Still, there’s no escaping those tiny asterisks that populate every brunch menu, directing us to the bottom-of-the-page warning that consuming such undercooked eggs may “increase (our) risk of foodborne illness.” With those asterisks taunting us every time we contemplate ordering eggs Benedict or even adding ...

For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon of sun tea, it’s basically exactly what it sounds like—tea that has been brewed by the heat of the sun, as opposed to in a kettle, on the stove, or in the microwave. Sun tea is a popular beverage, particularly in the American South, where the hot summer months are thought to ...

Introducing a fresh new take on pasta salad that’s much more exciting than a lot of the traditional options you see at potlucks. It’s bright green with a zesty green goddess dressing and some extra veggies mixed in to make it feel more like a salad than a pasta dish. Don’t worry though, there is still plenty of pasta. This ...

Let’s get one thing straight: I have nothing but love and admiration for Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding. It’s iconic for a reason, thanks to the perfectly creamy and fluffy layers. But I couldn’t help wondering… could it be better? Enter: better than Magnolia Bakery banana pudding. A very bold statement, I know. But once you’ve had a spoonful of this ...

Craving dumplings, but not the effort it takes to make them? Enter: my pork dumpling bowls. Homemade dumpling making can be a fun activity, but it can also be a challenging project. These deconstructed bowls are my favorite hack that delivers on the same salty-savory, soy sauce-soaked pork, shrimp, and cabbage filling, but combined with easy wheat noodles that mimic ...