Are you looking for a terrific holiday gift idea for the cooking enthusiasts on your Christmas shopping list? Why not give a gift that will bring a smile to the face of the recipient several times each year? When you give cooking magazine subscriptions for Christmas, the lucky person who receives the gift will be [...]

WHEN Sporting News first hit the presses in 1886, there was no World Series, no National Football League, and no Cracker Jack, much less the Internet, mobile score updates or jeering sports bloggers. In its heyday — the 1950s and ’60s — it was the authoritative paper for serious sports fans, publishing comprehensive box scores [...]

The Ribble Valley is best known for two things: twitching and JRR Tolkien. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Forest of Bowland - “forest” meaning a royal hunting ground here, as opposed to a wooded area - is home to various rare birds. Tolkien, meanwhile, a regular visitor to Stonyhurst college in Hurst Green, [...]

Speed is not a familiar concept in the highlands and islands of Scotland. Single track roads with passing places that follow the whims of convoluted hills and ragged sea lochs are not for those in a hurry.Canny locals know the enjoyment of their roads less travelled is in inverse proportion to the speed they travel [...]

Landlord George Papas, who owns the Skylight diner around the corner, said he plans to put up a nine-story commercial and residential building on the skinny parcel of land.But Papas said he’s talking to preservationists about trying to save the gleaming stainless steel-and-glass structure that has served as a backdrop for fashion spreads and is [...]

Belstaff, which made the original waxed jacket worn by
McQueen and bought it at auction from his widow, said in a
statement on Monday his heirs “had authorized other companies
to claim that the jacket produced by them was the original
one.”
The company paid $35,000 for the jacket in November 2006
and has put it on display at [...]

The 41-year old, known for his scientific approach to cooking and advancing techniques to develop unusual taste combinations, told chefs in Milan he was looking at serving a bottle from which diners can choose still or sparkling water.
His dishes such as snail porridge, parsnip cereal and carpaccio of cauliflower and chocolate jelly have made his [...]