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San Francisco Chronicle
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
This S.F. toast cost $13.50, and I'd buy it again
Each week, critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan shares some of her favorite recent bites, the dishes and snacks and baked goods that didn't find their way into a full review. Want the list a few days earlier? Sign up for her free newsletter, Bite Curious. Remember when The Discourse revolved around the price of toast at the Mill? A simpler, sepia-toned time… The current seasonal toast special costs $13.50 (more than three times the $4 that sparked outrage 12 years ago), but it's 'toast' in the same way that 'The Metamorphosis' is a book about a bug. A chonky, inch-thick slice of Josey Baker's whole grain Wonder Bread is slathered with chive cream cheese, then dolloped with a punchy, vegan pesto made with both basil and arugula. The element that takes the toast from serviceable breakfast to composed dish, however, is the crunchy, garlicky clusters of chili crisp pepitas that are sprinkled over the top. Yow. Go eat this while it's still on the menu. Scribe Winery takes its food seriously. Their chef-in-residence program reads like a who's who of bestselling cookbook authors and James Beard honorees, and the quartet behind Top 100 restaurant Valley all met while working at Scribe. The team grows much of their own produce, collects eggs from the spunky vineyard chickens and serves incredible beans. Spiritually, beans are the opposite of caviar on a restaurant menu; they're humble, a hard sell, and a chef isn't going to serve them unless they're absolute knockouts. Scribe's pink beans are brothy and creamy, seasoned with a good amount of acid and showered with fresh herbs. Last weekend, my family celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival with a proper feast, anchored by homemade zongzi and a cured duck that's a specialty of Yiyang in Hunan, our home province. The ducks are marinated in a variety of Chinese spices and herbs, many of them selected for their medicinal properties, before being air dried. The resulting delicacy is a dark reddish brown in color, mildly spicy and very savory in addition to being good for your spleen and blood circulation, my cousin tells me! Cousin Winnie's house, or the internet
Winnipeg Free Press
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Goosen, Cabrera, Cink and Harrington headline a star-studded Senior PGA leaderboard through 3 rounds
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Stewart Cink looked over at the leaderboard late in the third round of the Senior PGA Championship on Saturday and flashed back to younger days for him and many of the other big-name players in the mix. 'It feels like a major out there,' Cink said. 'Those names up there have all had some success.' Retief Goosen and Angel Cabrera were among those tied for first going into the final round, with Cink and Lee Westwood one stroke back and a group including Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh and Y.E. Yang two back. The 11 golfers on or close to the lead have combined to win 13 major championships. 'The people up there are the people that have a lot of experience,' Cabrera said after getting to 5 under for the tournament. 'Most of them have been in many majors, and you can see that.' Goosen has two U.S. Open championships on his resume and Cabrera one of those to go along with the 2009 Masters. Harrington won the British Open in '07 and '08 and Cink in '09, while Singh has two PGA Championship victories and another in the Masters. That kind of sustained winning over the past few decades certainly helped prepare those guys for windy conditions at Congressional Country Club, which has hosted three U.S. Opens and one PGA Championship. 'A tough golf course — all the guys that have really done it on hard golf courses really rise to the top and seem to grind it out more maybe a little bit more than certain players,' said Goosen, who shot a 4-under 68 to surge up the leaderboard. 'I certainly grinded it out.' So did Harrington, whose opening tee shot went right of the cart path in an inauspicious start to an eventful afternoon. The 53-year-old from Ireland birdied 18 to bounce back from some back-nine struggles and put himself in contention. 'I'm happy to be two shots back,' Harrington said. 'I haven't really thought too much about my round, to be honest. Just tried to play. With the wind, sometimes it's good that you just play each hole as it comes.' Cink, now 52 joked, 'This kind of wind is for young people.' But he and his contemporaries mostly handled it without the third round going off the rails. Ernie Els, who was 3 under Thursday and two back of the lead, had a second consecutive rough round, shooting a 4-over 76. 'This course is really demanding, with the wind especially,' Cink said. 'Every hole, there's a place you just cannot go, and you have to know where that is and game plan for it and you have to execute. That's just major championship golf.' Some of the best play at the PGA Champions major also came from some of the less heralded golfers, including Phillip Archer and Jason Caron, who matched Goosen and Cabrera at 5 under. Caron was paired with Harrington, and it was yet another chance for the club pro at Mill River Club on Long Island, to feel like he is not out of place surrounded by a star-studded cast. 'A year ago, I definitely would have said, 'Whoa, this can't happen,'' Caron said. 'Now that I've played maybe 20 events, I feel much more comfortable.' Archer, who played a long time on the European Tour, said this is why he has spent so much time in his life on the driving range hitting ball after ball — to be in it against the likes of Goosen, Cabrera, Cink and Harrington. 'You've grown up watching these guys win tournaments and majors, and yeah, you're in their company, and you've got to tell yourself you belong there,' Archer said. 'I'm there by credit, and I'm playing nice stuff.' Archer would like to see the wind continue Sunday to make it tough on anyone chasing the lead. The forecast calls for much less of it and weaker gusts, which could bring even more golfers into the already crowded fray. 'If it's not windy, there's so many people up there, somebody is going to shoot 66, 65,' Harrington said. 'You've got to expect if it's a nice day (Sunday), somebody is going to shoot a good score.' ___ AP golf:
CNET
20-05-2025
- General
- CNET
No Stink, No Fuss: The Compost Hack Your Nose Will Thank You For
Composting is great for the planet and even better for your garden—but let's be real, it can get pretty smelly. The good news? It doesn't have to. There are plenty of high-tech countertop composters and food scrap processors out there that break down waste in hours while keeping your kitchen smelling clean. We recently tried the Lomi composter and the Mill kitchen bin—both worked well, but they'll set you back a few hundred bucks. The better news? You don't need expensive gadgets to keep food scraps out of the landfill (and out of your nose). There's a super simple, low-cost way to compost without the stink—and you probably already have everything you need. Ready to give it a go? Here's how to start your own compost pile, and the trick to keeping things smell-free indoors: just use your freezer and a basic plastic container, reusable freezer bags, or even some old grocery bags Read more: Starting a Compost Pile? Avoid These 10 Foods and Household Items Freeze your food scraps until you're ready to take them out Bag up your compost and keep it in the freezer for a fresh-smelling kitchen all year. Qwart/Getty Images If you're planning to start a compost pile, or are already composting but can't stand the smell, another way to avoid a smelly kitchen when composting is to toss your food scraps in the freezer until you're ready to take them out to the pile. It's a simple adjustment but one that makes composting much more palatable. To freeze your food scraps, either buy freezer bags and use them repeatedly or dedicate a small plastic container within your freezer to hold scraps. I like using a plastic container so I can run it through the dishwasher after emptying it. Some countertop compost bins promise to reduce odors, but there's only so much they can do. Food52 Freezing your food scraps -- including the smelliest items such as fish skins, spoiled produce and leftovers -- until you can transport them to the outdoor pile will keep your kitchen smelling fresh. A simple plastic storage container is all you need to make composting an odorless affair. Rubbermaid I find this particularly helpful living in an apartment in Brooklyn, where it's harder to make runs down to the compost bin in the front of the building. If you're worried about losing too much space in your freezer, use freezer bags and take your food scraps out to the pile as frequently as you need. You can compost most, but not all food scraps Creating a successful compost routine also requires learning what you can and can't compost. The bulk of kitchen scraps are compostable -- pits, cores, rinds, leftover, meat, dairy and coffee grounds -- but foods with high concentrations of oil and sugar are not ideal to add to the pile. If you're wondering how to start a compost pile, we've devised this handy guide for first-time composters. Automatic food processors such as Mill and Lomi work well to eliminate food odors, but both will cost you more than $500. Mill For more tips on keeping green in the kitchen, read about the proper ways to recycle takeout containers and the best tools for fighting kitchen waste.
The Courier
03-05-2025
- The Courier
Curfew order for serial car thief who raided Forfar garage
A one-man crimewave who accelerated away in a test drive car before taking part in a midnight raid on a Forfar garage has been spared jail. Robbie Mill, who has been in and out of detention for stealing Range Rovers from driveways in Dundee, pretended to be interested in buying a man's Fiat Punto, before he jumped into the driver's seat and sped off. Days later, he smashed his way into a repair centre in Forfar's Carseview Road and drove away in a customer's Ford Focus. The 21-year-old appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court for sentencing, having previously pled guilty to the thefts in April and May 2023. The court heard how one of Mill's victims had advertised his Fiat Punto for sale online. Mill answered the advert and made an appointment to view the motor, using his own mobile phone number. When he met the car's owner at his home in Yarrow Place, Mill wandered round the car as if he was carrying out an external inspection. He then jumped into the vehicle and drove off. Mill, who was on three bail orders at the time, was originally charged with assaulting the seller, forcibly pushing him and robbing him of the Punto. He pled guilty to a lesser charge of stealing the car on April 24 2023. The court heard how the vehicle was later found abandoned with Mill's DNA on the steering wheel and handbrake. A pair of socks was also recovered from inside the car. Mill struck again less than two weeks later, this time targeting Forfar repair centre JM Automotive in the early hours of May 6. Detectives found a window at the Carseview Road office had been smashed and several keys inside were missing. A Land Rover from inside the yard had been used to ram open the gates. It was found about 40 feet away from the exit. Mill made off in a customer's Ford Focus ST, worth about £5,000. The vehicle was caught on CCTV leaving the yard at about 2.50am. At 3.35am, it pulled into the Shell garage on Cairnie Road, Arbroath. Mill filled it with £36.46 worth of fuel before leaving without paying. The stolen car was later found abandoned, damaged and wouldn't start. JM Automotive posted a statement on Facebook following the raid. The company's spokesman wrote: 'As a small business owner in these tough times I am absolutely gutted. 'So much hard work that has gone into this place over the past two years to make it what it is today, only to have the place trashed and valued customers' cars stolen so some wee idiots can have a joyride is absolutely disgusting.' He added: 'Can't even imagine the time and money this is going to take up. 'Extra security measures will be taken from now on to ensure the safety of our tools, equipment and any vehicle on the property.' Mill pled guilty to breaking into the repair centre, stealing keys and taking the Ford Focus, as well as stealing fuel later that morning. He further admitted driving while disqualified. The court heard he could not do unpaid work because of a leg injury. Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown imposed a restriction of liberty curfew, ordering him to stay home between 9.30pm and 7am each night for seven months and two weeks. He was banned from driving for five months. In January, Mill was jailed for 17 months for stealing Range Rovers from driveways in Dundee. But he was freed following a successful appeal against his sentence weeks later. Appeal court judges quashed his jail term and imposed unpaid work. He has so far been spared jail for a catalogue of offending, including causing serious injuries to two schoolgirls in a major A90 crash and having sex with underage girls – one of whom he impregnated.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
GMP detective convicted of sexual offences dismissed and banned from policing
A GMP detective who was jailed earlier this year for sexually assaulting two women has been dismissed and barred from policing. Detective Sergeant Richard Mills was sentenced to 18 months in prison in February after he was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault by a jury verdict in December last year. The convictions involved two incidents of forceful sexual touching in 2016 and 2020. In both cases, Mills, who is from Rochdale, grabbed his co-worker's hand and forced them to touch his genitals over his trousers. READ MORE: LIVE as house in Stockport village taped off by police following serious incident READ MORE: LIVE Air ambulance lands in Piccadilly Gardens amid incident in city centre - updates His offending occurred when he was based in GMP's Oldham District and in the Serious Crime Directorate at Nexus House. Detectives in GMP's Professional Standards Directorate began investigating Mills in 2016 following a report from a member of staff. He attracted their attention again in March 2023 after he made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature in an open working environment within earshot of several colleagues, sparking numerous complaints. Following this incident, detectives spoke to 37 police officers or staff who worked alongside Mills, gathered testimonies, and significant evidence which supported criminal proceedings. In addition to the offences Mills was convicted, there were numerous other allegations made against him that amounted to breaches of GMP's Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Behaviour. Detective Superintendent David Jones from GMP's Professional Standards Directorate, said: "Our investigation into DS Mills uncovered alarming circumstances, whereby he preyed on women in the workplace who were simply just trying to do their jobs. 'Mills sexually assaulted his colleagues, made inappropriate remarks of a sexual nature, and acted in a disgraceful manner. He abused his position in the force and the trust of his colleagues for his own perverse gratification. 'Mill's actions continue to have an adverse impact on many of our staff and officers who have been offered specialist support. "Irrespective of Mills inevitably being dismissed, given he is rightly currently serving a prison sentence as a convicted sex offender, it was important we still hold these proceedings to ensure he is not only dismissed from GMP but also placed on the barred list. "Mills will never work in law enforcement again. 'It is our hope today's outcome provided closure to those who may have been seeking it, as well as reassurance that when allegations are raised, they will be thoroughly investigated and outcomes pursued. 'The actions of Mill's are reprehensible, and there is no place for him in policing. "We are committed to upholding the highest professional standards, and our dedicated team investigating internal matters are working tenaciously to root out offenders like Mills, who are interfering with the safety of our workplaces and unworthy of serving the public as part of Greater Manchester Police.'
