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History imagination infuse wallpapers that tell a story

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The Associated Press In the Emmy-nominated opening credits of HBO’s “White Lotus,” wallpaper-like images told a story: The tropical prints started off innocuously enough, but then turned ominous. Fruit started rotting, fish got tangled in seaweed, and a sense of foreboding set the whole premise of an exotic paradise on its edge. The artist, Lezio Lopes, has said he was trying to evoke the design and themes of the show’s resort suites. It’s a surreal example of a current trend in decor — wallpapers that combine art and narrative qualities to set the mood of a room. Some ...

Liz Weston: You’ll live longer than you think

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NerdWallet Women often don’t score as well as men in surveys of financial literacy. One area where we seem to do better is “longevity literacy,” or understanding how long we’re likely to live. Longevity literacy is essential to smart retirement planning. Overestimate your longevity, and you could retire too late or scrimp too much. Underestimate it and you could run short of money. In a recent TIAA Institute study, 43% of women correctly estimated the life expectancy of 60-year-old women in the U.S. (The right answer was 85.) Only 32% of men chose the correct answer for the ...

Potato tacos evoke LA’s tortilla scene

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Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street While exploring the taco scene in Los Angeles, we learned just how wide of a world filled tortillas could be. Corn tortillas filled with stingray. Hard-shell tacos shaped like baskets. Middle Eastern-influenced tacos Árabes with meat cooked on a spit with onion, Oaxacan cheese, avocado and chili salsa. Particularly memorable were the flautas, deep-fried flute-shaped tacos with lamb, chicken, chorizo or potato that are also called tacos dorados (which means golden). Crunchy and satisfying, the flautas came topped with salsa roja, guacamole and ...

Breakfast favorites from Bev’s Kitchen

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By Bev Kauffman Hello from the kitchen! It’s August and the kitchen tends to stay hot. Hot as it is, we still like to eat, right? We enjoy breakfast foods so today I’m sharing a few things we enjoy no matter what it’s like outside! Bagels, dippy eggs, quiche, dried beef gravy and homemade grape juice are a few favorites. So many choices. As a child growing up in the 60’s and 70’s I had never heard of bagels and quiche. We went to the henhouse and hunted the eggs and that was breakfast. And of course, the chickens eventually became our dinner. That was good eating! Grape ...

Celebrate the season with a salad charcuterie board

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Family Features Summer celebrations come in many forms - backyard games, fun at the pool, time with family - but perhaps a favorite is enjoying fresh, delicious foods that are easy to prepare. Put a twist on the classic Caesar salad this summer with crunchy textures and energizing flavors to keep the excitement rolling all season long. Capitalize on a food trend that’s all the rage with this easy-to-assemble Chicken Caesar Salad Charcuterie Board for a unique way to share a meal. Sliced chicken provides that familiar taste of grilled summer fare combined with hard-cooked eggs, ...

How to vacation like a food network star

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Wealth of Geeks Three out of four Americans who have traveled in the last five years went for the food, according to a OnePoll/Hello Fresh survey. One of those travelers is Emmy-Nominated Food Network Star and Chicago native Jeff Mauro, who said, “I want to go to places with great food. And Cayman never ceases to amaze me.” “I like going to new places and discovering new things, but out of all the places that we have been, this is the one that we come back to,” The Sandwich King explained to the audience at the recent Taste of Cayman Food & Drink Festival. “The Cayman ...