Lifestyle - Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The chocolate malt powder is sold in more than 40 countries, and Australian cafe owners say there’s ‘jingoistic pride’ in serving it on their menus Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When I order the jumbo-sized Milo Godzilla at Ho Jiak in Sydney’s Haymarket, it arrives as advertised – it’s comically large. The Malaysian restaurant prepares the drink by swirling Milo powder with hot water, adding sweet dr...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 104 days ago

Don’t worry about making or buying salad dressing. Toss your salad with lemon juice and olive oil, and call it a day.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 104 days ago

Get rid of ‘forever chemicals’. Here are our top plastic-free kitchen swaps to help you safely prep, cook, store and clean The six best plastic-free cutting boards in the US for 2026, tested Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Microplastics in our cutting boards . “Forever chemicals” in our pans . How did cooking a simple meal start to feel so fraught? Lately, con...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 104 days ago

A cake you’ll crave all day. The post This Orange Almond Cake Is My Latest Excuse to Eat Dessert for Breakfast appeared first on Camille Styles .

Camille Styles • 104 days ago

Don’t be scared of cooked rice: our experts share safe ways to turn yesterday’s leftovers into something delicious How do I store cooked rice safely, and what can I make with it the next day? Michael, by email “It’s a bit of a running joke with rice, because I think of all the people in China who aren’t spreading their leftover rice immediately on to a tray to cool and are still alive,” says Amy Poon, of Poon’s at...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 104 days ago

Legend has it that Fatou was brought from Africa to France in the late 1950s by a sailor who then traded her to settle a bar bill.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 104 days ago

When I looked around that room, at all the marriages, love affairs and divorces, everything and everyone was as you would have expected back in 2001 ... An army dude once told me, “A speech should be like a lady’s skirt: short enough to be interesting, long enough to cover the main points”, and I said, “Wait, can we just clarify what the main points of a lady are – is it her butt or some other, nearby part?”. He p...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 104 days ago

Rena Effendi attempts to find the species named after her wayward, womanising father – and a connection to the man she never knew – in this moving documentary Photojournalist Rena Effendi’s father was famous in the world of butterflies; he was a lepidopterist who spent seven years hunting one species. Effendi remarks drily that seven years was longer than Rustam Effendi lasted in any of his four – possibly more – ...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 104 days ago

Letter writer is weirded out by strangers replying to girlfriend’s posts about them.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 104 days ago

This skillet dinner features tender chicken breasts and crisp snap peas in a creamy sauce studded with sautéed mushrooms and shallot, and flavored with tarragon, garlic and mustard.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 104 days ago