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The Irish Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Taylor Swift and Dakota Johnson enjoy night out with rarely-seen brothers Austin and Jesse in NYC
TAYLOR Swift and Dakota Johnson enjoyed a night out in New York City with their rarely seen brothers. Music megastar Taylor, 35, stepped out for dinner with actress Dakota, 35, earlier this week. Advertisement 6 Taylor Swift joined famous faces for dinner in NYC Credit: 6 Dakota Johnson was in attendance Credit: 6 The pair's respective brothers were also present for the occasion Credit: The pair were joined for the evening by their respective brothers, Austin Swift, 33 and Jesse Johnson, 42. This group of four were spotted at the city's upscale eatery Via Carota. Diners at the establishment were shocked to see pop icon Taylor walk in while they were eating. Looking elegant and classy in a floral dress with high heels, she was seen arriving with a member of her security team. Advertisement Read more on Taylor Swift As for Dakota, she wore a black dress accompanied with a leather jacket. According to It comes as the singer recently enjoyed a romantic dinner date with boyfriend Travis Kelce in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Kansas City Chiefs star and his girlfriend were thought to have arrived at Harry's Bar and Restaurant at around 10pm . Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Breaking Their bill - said to have included Wagyu beef, lobster risotto and cacio e pepe pasta - reportedly came out at more than $400, . Meanwhile, Taylor's summer plans with beau Travis were recently revealed. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in 'vacation mode' as NFL star makes major decision over his Kansas City Chiefs future T ravis , 35, has spent much of the last few months at a $20 million mansion in Boca Raton, around 45 miles north of Miami. And according to , he has been joined there by Taylor. Advertisement They claim that the hitmaker is there to support her man as he trains. Following the Chiefs' Super Bowl defeat in February, there were rumors that Travis would retire. However, he subsequently squashed such claims and has been hard at work. 6 Taylor was joined by her brother Austin Swift Credit: Advertisement 6 Dakota's half-brother, actor Jesse Johnson Credit: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Relationship Timeline Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce went public with their relationship in September 2023. However, they had been dating a few months before that. Find out more about their relationship below. July 8, 2023 - Travis Kelce attends the Eras Tour and make a friendship bracelet for Taylor with his phone number on it July 26, 2023 - Travis tells his brother, Jason, on their New Heights podcast that he tried to give her the bracelet, but wasn't allowed backstage September 24, 2023 - Taylor Swift shows up to a Kansas City Chiefs game and sits with Travis' family as she cheers him on. The two were seen leaving in Travis's car together after the game. She attended many Chiefs game during the season. October 15, 2023 - the couple was photographed together at a post-show bash at Catch Steak in New York City after their appearances on Saturday Night Live. November 11, 2023 - Taylor changes the lyrics in her song Karma to "Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me" for the first time. December 6, 2023- Taylor Swift spoke to "This all started when Travis very adorably put me on blast on his podcast, which I thought was metal as hell … We started hanging out right after that," she said, after Travis' July 26 podcast. 'So we actually had a significant amount of time that no one knew, which I'm grateful for, because we got to get to know each other. By the time I went to that first game, we were a couple. I think some people think that they saw our first date at that game? We would never be psychotic enough to hard launch a first date." December 31, 2023 - Taylor and Travis were at a New Year's Eve party together, where they were caught kissing on January 26, 2024 - During an NFL press conference, Travis spoke out about their relationship. 'As long as we're happy, we can't listen to anything that's outside noise. That's all that matters," he said. January 28, 2024 - Travis was heard saying "I love you" to Taylor after the Chiefs won the AFC Championship game. February 11, 2024- Taylor was there to support Travis when he and his team won the Super Bowl February - Travis attends more of Taylor's shows April 27, 2024 - When auctioning off tickets to Taylor's tour at the The Mahomies Foundation charity gala in Las Vegas, Travis referred to Taylor as his "significant other." June 21, 2024- Taylor posts Travis on her Instagram for the first time June 23, 2024- Travis joins Taylor on stage at The Eras tour during the Tortured Poets Department set 6 Diners were shocked to see Taylor at the establishment Credit:
Euronews
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Music experiment at French zoo aims to improve animal behaviour
At Branféré Zoo, something curious is happening. Animals are now exposed to music, not just for ambience, but as part of a behavioural study. The idea came from Plumes, a French singer who noticed cows reacting positively when he sang to them at his grandmother's farm. "They seemed calmer, almost happy," he recalled. Inspired, zoo director Alexandre Petry launched an experiment to observe if music alters animal behaviour. "We want to see if it helps them socialise or reduces aggression," he said. Currently, music sessions last seven minutes. Meanwhile, 430km away in Villers-sur-Authie, a farmer raising Wagyu cattle swears by classical music to enhance meat quality. Coincidence? Perhaps. But several studies and field observations suggest that certain animal species respond more positively to music than others. Dogs, cats, cows, birds (especially parrots and canaries), elephants, dolphins, whales and even some fish appear to be particularly receptive.
The Citizen
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Times Square turns International Burger Day into month-long celebration
To celebrate International Burger Day, Times Square has transformed the day into a month-long celebration with two of its local restaurants offering mouth-watering burgers. The day is celebrated globally on May 28 every year and marks a celebration of the iconic and versatile burger. It is dedicated to honouring the delicious combination of a juicy patty, fresh toppings, and a soft bun that has become a culinary staple around the world. Sous chef Kgomotso Comfort Modise explained the meaning behind the day. 'We have realised that people love fast food, they want it fresh, tasty and well done; that is what keeps them coming for more.' Both restaurants marked the day with exclusive burger specials, offering the Appetite burger and Wagyu burger. Burger enthusiast Gugu Hadebe acknowledged the celebration. 'It is a great concept, especially for burger lovers like me. My favourite burger is the baconater because I'm a lover of bacon. I'm a burger fan in general, and it's mostly my first opinion meal,' she said. She emphasised that Burger Day must remain an annual celebration. 'It is a great concept for burger lovers and it's something to look forward to every year,' said Hadebe. Another burger enthusiast, Lesego Mojela, echoed the same sentiments. 'As a burger lover, I hope events like this can be hosted more often. As much as it is international, it must be made more relevant for people to indulge in different burgers.' ALSO READ: Latest crime stats paints complex picture for Centurion communities Do you have more information about the story? Please send us an email to bennittb@ or phone us on 083 625 4114. For free breaking and community news, visit Rekord's websites: Rekord East For more news and interesting articles, like Rekord on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or Instagram or TikTok. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Forbes
4 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Forbes
Summer Grilling And BBQ: The Best Mail-Order Meat And Seafood
Backyard barbecue season is here, and there are limitless choices of great meat and seafood you can ... More grill—if you know where to shop. It's not officially summer yet, but Memorial Day usually marks the start of backyard grilling season, and the holiday came about as early as possible this year. That means it is time to start cooking outside. But if you want to have the best possible home grilled foods, entertain friends and be the envy of your neighborhood, you need to start with better ingredients. The best meats and seafood for outdoor cooking are things you typically cannot get at your local gourmet store or butcher shop. The items below are all exceptional, hard to source, and all of them have been personally tested, tasted and approved by yours truly. This is a subject I have covered for years, I am a NY Times bestselling food writer, and these are truly the best mail-order meat and seafood for grilling and smoking this summer. No butcher offers the sheer selection of Chicago's famed Allen Brothers, with 10 options for rib eye ... More steaks alone! This is a 50/50 Wagyu/Angus version, naturally rasied by Texas' Rosewood Ranch. If I could order meat from only one place, it would probably be Allen Brothers, an acclaimed Chicago butcher shop founded in 1893 and tied to the history of American cattle drives and meat processing since the city's stockyards days. Allen Brothers supplies many top steakhouses across the nation, and if you go out to an expense account steak dinner you may well be having exactly the same meat you can get for your backyard—for much less money! They have also been doing consumer mail order meat much longer than most competitors and are excellent at it. Beyond beef, they carry a very full lineup of specialty lamb, pork, poultry, seafood, veal and would game, even exceptional prepared foods for parties. It's one stop shopping for protein fans. But today let's talk beef. While there are many places where you can get a great rib eye or porterhouse, no one has the range Allen Brothers offers. Do you want your porterhouse USDA Prime? Dry-aged? Angus? Do you prefer it extra thick? They have you covered. Ribeyes are an even broader array from bone-in to boneless to giant celebratory tomahawks worthy of any home steakhouse dinner. Just in this one hard to find cut, tomahawks, they have multiple choices including USDA Prime, dry aged USDA Prime and Australian wagyu. Wet aged? Dry Aged? For regular rib eyes they have more than ten options, cut differently, aged differently, from different kinds of cattle and different countries. They have things you can find virtually nowhere else, like USDA Prime rib cap spinalis steak, and if you don't know what that is you should probably order one because it is a top-secret butcher cut that may be the best meat on the entire steer. Speaking of 'Butcher's Selections,' they have an entire section of their site for that, and it has crazy hard to find items, like wagyu beef short ribs or wagyu beef back rib racks, Argentinian-style flanken cut short ribs, one of the best cuts for grilling but from Australian wagyu, something I have never seen sold elsewhere. Need a Brazilian picanha cut that is also USDA Prime? Wagyu beef cheeks? If you love red meat, this is the place. Nashville craft butcher Porter Road takes locally, naturally raised meats and turns them into ... More amazing hot dogs, sausages, burgers and much more. You do not have to be a skilled cook to enjoy grilling, and many folks like to keep things simple with the classic American backyard barbecue, but you can still be a backyard rock star if you start with the best products. Hot dogs and sausages are among the most processed meats you can grill, and are usually made with low quality ingredients—even simple ground beef can be suspect with fillers and commodity meat. Your family and guests deserve better, and you can elevate your grilling game way above mass-produced supermarket commodity brands by shopping at one of my favorite e-tailers, Nashville-based specialty butcher Porter Road. They are an artisan brick and mortar butcher that also ships nationwide, but their aesthetic is regional and they work with local family farmers in neighboring states to obtain high-quality, ethically pasture raised poultry, beef and pork, all without hormones or antibiotics. As a whole animal butcher, they focus on sustainability, and use everything, so in addition to great steak, chicken (one of the best places to buy whole birds for roasting) and pork chops, they stand out for their house-made products, including excellent ground meat using dry-aged beef, a rarity, hot dogs, sausages, salamis and even dried beef sticks, the best I have tried. After researching and writing my New York Times bestseller, Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What You're Eating & What You Can Do About It (read an excerpt here at Forbes), I switched my personal consumption to almost exclusively drug free, naturally raised meat, but in that style, these are among the hardest product categories to shop for. However, Porter Road makes it easy, and carries purer links of chorizo, kielbasa, Italian, andouille, bratwurst or breakfast sausage made with such quality meat. Even their bacon is better. Yet their prices are very reasonable, especially compared to most mail order gourmet fare, and in most cases, less than you'd pay at local butcher, with free shipping over $125. The aptly named "Grilling Box" from Wild Alaksan Company with wild-caught salmon, halibut and ... More pollack. Seafood is tricky on the grill, but for backyards, salmon is everyone's favorite, and the world's best salmon comes wild from Alaksa. Another lesson from research for my book was learning a lot about aquaculture and imported seafood. Knowing what I now know, I try to eat only wild-caught domestic fish, which means mainly Alaska. Fish farming is illegal across the board in the 49th State, so it's all wild-caught, and it's one of the world's cleanest and most sustainable fisheries. Also, what many foodies do not realize, because they constantly see menus brag about Scottish or Icelandic or Faroe Islands salmon, is that Atlantic salmon is commercially extinct and all Atlantic salmon, no matter where it is from, or how fancy it sounds, is farmed (unless you catch it yourself). If you want wild caught, you want one of the five species of Pacific salmon found in abundance in Alaska: King (Chinook), Sockeye (red), Coho (silver), Pink (Humpy) or Chum (dog). Wild Alaskan Company delivers this sustainably-sourced seafood straight to your kitchen in individually vacuum packed, 6–8-ounce fillet portions perfect to get rubbed with extra virgin olive oil and go straight onto the grill. But it's not just salmon: these perfect sized packages can also contain wild caught Alaskan halibut, cod or pollock (the salmon is coho and sockeye). If you are an empty nester or live alone, these are also perfectly sized for dinner for one or two, thaw quickly and grill easily. It is tricky to find on the company's website, but they also offer several other great seafood choices, including salmon burgers, and wild caught shrimp, prawns and scallops, all great when grilled. Enjoy the world's finest pork, from Spain, 4-ways with Campo Grande's Grillmaster Box. Campo Grande is a specialty distributor focused on the best of Spanish meats—which means some of the best meat on earth, especially pork. Spain's claim to fame is the 100% Iberian Pata Negra (black paw) breed, generally considered the world's best. Because little actual meat is imported, it's better known here in cured meats, serrano ham and jamon Iberico, but if you can get your hands on it, you won't find better pork chops, roasts, tenderloin, ribs or butcher's cuts like very hard-to-find 'secreto,' a strip adjacent to the belly, combining the fatty rich deliciousness of pork belly with a meatier, steak-like texture. Campo Grande sells all of these cuts from the finest Spanish pigs, their stuff is just amazing, they specialize in curated sampler and gift boxes, including a couple specifically with a selection of cuts for grilling, making shopping easy. The Gunslinger, bone-in USDA Prime rib steaks with house seasoning and compund butter from iconic ... More Las Vegas steakhouse the Golden Steer. I have eaten at and written on the world's most famous steakhouses, from Spain to Buenos Aires to Kobe, Japan, and the Golden Steer in Las Vegas remains one of my all-time favorites (read more about it here at Forbes). While just about every other high-end red meat spot in Sin City is in a ginormous casino resort and relatively new, the family run spot is independent, free standing and one of the city's oldest eateries. History and tradition live on, with white-jacketed waiters making tableside Caesar salads and presenting tiered seafood towers. It was Sinatra's regular spot, to the point where he had his own meal, off-menu, and his own banquette (you can eat there now). All of the Rat Pack came regularly, Dean Martin also had his own booth, and one of the mail order packages is named for Sammy Davis Jr. But pretty much every star and celebrity who has visited Vegas in the past half century has eaten here, including Joe DiMaggio, Muhammad Ali, Charles Bronson, Nicolas Cage, Mario Andretti, Bette Midler and the King himself, Elvis Presley. Presley was such a regular during his famed Las Vegas residency that they have two Gold Records on loan from his personal collection hanging on the wall. But for your grill, what's most important is that the Golden Steer is one of the best 'steakhouse at home' models available. Not only do they ship their first-rate USDA Prime 30-day wet aged steaks, but they include their signature seasoning, which I have used many times and is excellent, as well as their house made decadent maître d' butter. If you have never spooned a lump of seasoned butter on top of a hot steak, you do not know what you are missing! Too set the mood, each box even includes a customized Spotify playlist, and if you are not a great steak cook, they offer 'The Bambino Immersive Experience' that includes their two signature cuts, USDA Prime Bone-in Ribeye and Filet Mignon, along with an 8-minute Masterclass video on how to cook steaks like the best chefs of the Vegas strip. The newest offering is 'The Gunslinger,' four 20-22-ounce bone in rib steaks plus seasonings. Whatever friends you invite for this feast will be overjoyed. Their Steer Setup Dining Experience is a complete dinner with two steaks of your choice (ribeyes, filets, one of each), or one giant tomahawk for two, plus the Steer's signature twice-baked potatoes, creamed corn and the usual seasoning extras. The way they package everything makes it easy to prep at home and tastes like you are eating out. World-class steakhouse dinner for two at home from legendary Tampa eatery, Bern's Steakhouse. Another big personal favorite of mine is Bern's Steakhouse in Tampa, and I'm not alone: few restaurants in the U.S. of any kind have received the acclaim and cult following Bern's has. While its food is amazing, it may be best known for having the nation's single best restaurant wine program, the largest cellar in the country, with an amazing selection by the glass, things you can taste this way no place else, and it is a perennial winner of the rarest Wine Spectator Grand Award of Excellence, the industry's highest honor. You'll have to buy your own wine, but now you can enjoy Bern's steaks and sides at home, through mail order food specialist Goldbelly. I'm not usually a big fan of the site, since much of the food is marked up way above what the restaurants they represent sell for, and shipping prices can be astronomical, but one of the things that is so impressive about Bern's—one of the hardest reservations in the country and always sold out—is that despite its popularity, prices are very reasonable, and it is probably the most affordable great steakhouses in America. The same is true with the mail order—like two extra-long dry-aged (5-6 weeks!) USDA Prime NY Strip steaks plus large sides of creamed spinach and Bern's famous sour cream mashed potatoes, for $139, shipping included. That's a great dinner for two for what you would easily spend on one person at a steakhouse—a steakhouse that is not nearly as good as Bern's. Force of Nature has grilling meats you will be unlikely to source elsewhere, such as regeneratively ... More raised elk, venison, bison, and wild boar. I have long been a fan of bison, which is almost always raised under better, more natural, free ranging conditions than beef cattle, is easy to find in a drug-free state, and is leaner and arguably healthier than beef, yet with the same robust red meat flavor. The biggest issue with buying bison is simply availability, and while many supermarkets now carry ground bison, getting steaks or other cuts is still quite challenging. But even harder to find than bison is grass-fed, regeneratively raised elk, venison or wild boar, all of which Force of Nature specializes in. Force of Nature is a mail-order specialist focused on regeneratively-raised meats produced with the highest quality farming techniques, and they offer things you'd be hard pressed to get anyplace else, like a grass-fed venison tomahawk steak! They have venison and grass-fed beef sausage, wild boar and beef sausage, and I have been using the wild boar sausage to make amazing breakfast sandwiches, unlike any you have ever tasted. They also sell ground meats from all of these meats so you can wow the neighbors with elk or wild boar burgers, something no one else in the neighborhood is likely to fire up. Colorado's regenerative Eagle Rock Ranch raises high-quality cattle in the most ultra-natural ... More fashion, then dry ages its great steaks. 'Our mission is to produce the highest quality beef possible—beef you can feel good about.' That is what they believe at Colorado's Eagle Rock Ranch, and it is music to my ears. They do things the old-fashioned way, open their ranch to visitors so you can see the cleanliness and high standards, but most of all they make superb natural beef in the most sustainable way. Like local CSAs, you can even buy a share of a whole animal, an eighth, quarter or half ($825-$1,525), but if you go this route make sure you have a big freezer. Even an eighth of a steer weighs in at 50-pounds of finished butchered beef, half ground half as steaks, roasts and short ribs. A more manageable order would be something like a box of NY Strip Steaks or Rib eyes, 21-day dry aged, each in three sizes. They offer a Caveman worthy oversized tomahawk, 3-inches thick and weighing in at more than 3.5 pounds. Beyond normal steaks, they carry specialty items like pot roast, short ribs, tri tip, beef osso buco, oxtails, and organ meats, all from the same meticulously cared for, drug free, grass-fed cattle. I love the way Eagle Rock does business. For amazing dry-aged and ultra-aged beef, it is hard to beat San Francisco's famous butcher to the ... More stars, Flannery Beef. The latest frontier of high-end steakhouse dining has been ultra dry-ageing, taking the industry standard 28-31 days and pushing it to 60, 90 or even 120 days, developing more nutty, intense favors. There are just a handful of standout steakhouses like James Beard-award winning chef John Tesar's Knife in Dallas, and one of my favorite restaurants in the world, crazy good fine-dining Italian Brezza in Las Vegas, where Itay's classic steak dish bistecca Fiorentina is elevated to a whole another level (Brezza sells its dry aged, exception steaks for home use, but currently only in person in Vegas). If you want to try extra aged beef at home and see what all the fuss is about, the best place to get it is from San Francisco's Flannery Beef, opened in in 1963 by Bryan Flannery, Sr. after he spent decades training with and working for a high-quality French butcher. Still a third-generation family-owned operation, Flannery supplies many top California restaurants and celebrities, and specializes in selecting the best USDA Prime (less than 6% of all beef) beef available, mostly raised in California by farmers they know, butchering it themselves in house and running their own dry-ageing facility, which is unusual. But perhaps most unusual is that many of the cuts, such as rib eyes, come from Holstein cattle, normally known as a dairy breed. In other countries they often eat the meat of dairy breeds, which tend to be more marbled, but not so much here. In addition to higher marbling and flavor Holstein rib eyes are smaller in diameter so they can be cut thicker at the same weight, which cooks better. I have tried many Flannery steaks over the years and have always been wowed. In fact, their exceptional Jorge Rib steak is one of the best pieces of meat I have ever tasted. It is cut from the first few bones at the chuck end of the primal rib, which has a higher amount of the exceptionally flavorful spinalis dorsi rib cap. If you don't know who much just cutting a steak can affect quality, you need to try the Jorge, a perfect giant steak for the grill, bone-in and three inches thick. It's dry-aged for about 30-35 days, a bit longer than usual dry-ageing (which is the best ageing and unusual to begin with for any length of time), but Flannery also offers more unusual extra-aged cuts, such as a 55-day bone-in rib steak, and most notably, the signature 'California Reserve Dry Aged Rib Eye,' aka 'The Old Ones,' aged 45, 60, 75 or 90 days, almost impossible to find elsewhere. That is why Flannery makes this list of the best mail-order meat and seafood. Enjoy!
FACT
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- FACT
Burger joint Black Tap expands across Saudi Arabia to Al Khobar
The restaurant can already be found in Jeddah and Riyadh. The family-friendly burger joint, Black Tap, is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia. The hip restaurant, which is already established in Jeddah and Riyadh, has now announced the opening of Black Tap in Al Khobar. The opening date has not yet been confirmed, but here's what we know. Black Tap first started in New York, United States, and now has a firm following around the world from Bahrain and Iraq to Singapore, the UAE and the United Kingdom. The original venue, located on Broome Street in SoHo, offers a fun, fresh, and familiar vibe. If the global menus are anything to go by, diners at Black Tap Al Khobar should come hungry, as the meals come in epic sizes. The burgers include The All-American Burger with American cheese, The Champ with Wagyu and blue cheese, and the Truffle with Wagyu with truffle. The CRAZYSHAKE is an Insta-worthy delight and packed with all things sweet, from cookies to cake. The options include The Cookies Shake with cookies, cream and chocolate drizzle. The New Yorker comes with a slice of strawberry cake and fresh strawberries. The Jammy Dodger comes with Jammy Dodger cookies and raspberries. If you can't wait, then visit Black Tap Jeddah in As Salamah and Black Tap Riyadh in King Abdullah Financial District. The menus offer burgers and desserts, and a fun-filled, family-friendly vibe. Plus, a statement space with neon signs against dark walls and a chandelier made out of sneakers. Check in with FACT for the best things to do in Saudi Arabia. GO: Visit for more information.
