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YOURSELF TO MAKE A MEAL IN FIVE
Only a Pavement Away, a charity that helps ex-
offenders, the homeless and armed forces veterans
into hospitality jobs, has teamed up with chef Tom
Aikens for a new campaign, Hospitality Against
Homelessness, to help hospitality workers in crisis
after the closure of UK restaurants and hotels.
The charity wants home cooks to whip up a dish
in five minutes, share a photo or video on social
media with the hashtags #FiveMinuteFeast and
#HospitalityAgainstHomelessness, donate £5, then
nominate five friends to give it a go. Money raised will
provide meals, funds and emergency accommodation,
as well as support to help people return to the
industry in the future. onlyapavementaway.co.ukWORDS: PHOEBE STONE
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Apparently, before avocados even
get to shop shelves, up to 30 per
cent are spoiled during testing or
grading. Researchers at Cranfield
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GSOH when it comes to online
dating. So says an experiment**
that assessed which culinary
skills help pique romanticinterest
by adding different optionstotwo
standardised male and female
profiles on the dating app Tinder.
Some of the most desirableskills
in women were being a roast
dinner expert and baking
banana bread, while for
men’s profiles the
turn-ons were the ability
to make a perfect cup of
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trendy whipped drink).THE DEEP, DEEP FREEZE
You’re not alone in neglecting the
food in your freezer. A recent poll
suggests 16 per cent of Brits have
let food languish in it for 10 years
or more*. One person reported
eating a 12-year-old leg of lamb- older than their daughter. And
although a third of those polled
claimed to clear out the freezer
annually, 11 per cent admitted
they never had. Among the more
unusual (and alarming) items were
tobacco, face cream, batteries and
deceased pets: two ferrets and
a hamster. Meat was the most
common food stashed in the deep
freeze, followed by pizza.
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