MAKES 1 SHEET OF MADELEINES
For the dough: ½ cup + 1 tbsp (125 g) butter, 1 cup (125 g) flour, ½ cup + 2 tbsp (125 g) sugar, 3 eggs, 1 pinch salt, ½ cup + 2 tbsp (60 g) ground almonds (blanched), 1 tbsp orange...
I’m a movie star and this is the story of my life. I wouldn’t say it’s a very glamorous story, maybe not even a happy one—till the most recent chapter. But I’ve learned almost as much from telling it as from living it—so here it...
MAKES 1 TRAY
For the dough: 1 cup + 1½ tbsp (250 g) butter, ½ vanilla pod, 1 cup (200 g) sugar, ½ tsp salt, 2¾ cup + 1 tbsp (350 g) wheat flour or spelt flour
Additional: parchment paper
Heat butter slowly in a small pot over low heat,...
It has now been three years since that fateful mid-July night in Hong Kong that Bruce Lee the man they called Little Dragon—died. In the days preceding his death, Lee knew that, after a decade of struggle, he had finally won. In the last few...
They’re telling tales out of school about Badman Bob again. And he, as usual, is grimacing and bearing it—as long as possible. But when the last straw falls—stand back!...
The styling excesses of the 1950s gave way to a more conservative, more tasteful era in the 1960s. The change was most noticeable in premium saloon cars, with crisp and well-honed influences from Italian designers taking over from the brash styles pioneered in America. The...
For ages I tried to look sophisticated. And nothing worked because I just didn’t feel sophisticated. Then Mama said, “Change your hair!”—and overnight everything changed!...
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