Niçoise salad with tuna and semi-dried Piccolo cherry tomatoes Big or small, fresh or tinned, cooked or raw, tomatoes are among the hardest workers in the fruit and vegetable world. You’ll find them in countless dishes from cuisines all over the world. Tomatoes of all varieties are increasingly available throughout the year, but British tomato season proper usually begins in the spring and runs until around October. This classic French seafood salad is pepped up with semi-dried Piccolo cherry tomatoes, perfect main dish for hot summer days.  Slice the Piccolo cherry tomatoes horizontally and toss with the finely chopped garlic, thyme leaves and a drizzle of oil. Arrange cut-side up on a baking tray and sprinkle with flaky sea salt and freshly cracked pepper. Place in the oven and cook for 35–45 minutes or until just starting to dry out, then remove from the oven. Slice the new potatoes to about ½cm thick then cook in salted boiling water for 10–12 minutes or until tender, then drain. Cook the fine beans in salted boiling water for 3 minutes until cooked al dente. Drain then cool quickly in cold water to preserve the bright green colour. Soft boil the eggs for 7 minutes, then run under cold water. Peel just before serving, to preserve the shape of the egg. You can now assemble the salad. Wash the baby gem and pull off the outer larger leaves. Dress with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice, then arrange these over the base of the serving plate. Finely chop the core of the gem and sprinkle over the centre of the plate. Dress the cooked potatoes and beans with salt, pepper, lemon juice and a little drizzle of oil, then add these to the plate along with the flaked tuna, black olives and anchovies. Slice the eggs into quarters and season the yolks then add to the plate. Finish with the semi-dried Piccolo cherry tomatoes and some torn basil and serve up straight away. More tasty recipes here.  wellness gizmo? Buying stuff makes us all feel good, but buying Gucci's ŌURA ring won't just give you a burst of endorphins because it's a shiny new thing: it might actually make you a healthier person. ŌURA's rings are the middle ground between wellness gizmo and slick fashion flex, the latter element being the crux of the Gucci partnership. Compared to even the most compact wellness monitoring devices (like an Apple Watch), the ŌURA rings are shockingly minute, barely taking up any more room than the average bit of jewelry (it only weighs four grams!) yet somehow packed with enough sensory tech to gauge sleep activity, heart rate, body temp, and even breathing patterns. In fact, the only difference from the base ŌURA rigs is the 18kt yellow gold trim and interlocking G branding across the ring's band. Oh, and the $950 price tag (the normal ŌURA rings are about $350). ŌURA's app then delivers what reviews call "succinct and actionable" suggestions for improving one's health. This collaborative ŌURA ring makes sense in the world of Gucci because it's all about feeling good in one's own body, beyond skin-deep. Health is a luxury, after all, so you could convincingly argue that Gucci's ŌURA ring is the pinnacle of retail therapy. WORDS BY JAKE SILBERT MORE HERE    Charle new single is out on Spotify. [lyrics and link below]     .ENERGY - lyrics
Thought it was forever Now I'm learning from it Thought we could be better From the day it started Made a world together And in front of our eyes We watched it fall apart Everything I wanted You could never see it Baby you're so toxic But you didn't mean it Yeah you made a promise But I can't turn back again, back again All my energy Find my inner peace Do what's good for me And I'm taking my time All my energy Find my inner peace Do what's good for me And I'm taking my time Holding onto something But I'm holding back I did it all for nothing Now I'm sick and tired of All the things you're saying And your grip on me is still to tight I'd rather fight Everytime I run right back I don't wanna leave you in the past After all this time I had your back But the weights too much I've had enough, I All my energy Find my inner peace Do what's good for me And I'm taking my time All my energy Find my inner peace Do what's good for me And I'm taking my time All this time i've tried to find The thing that makes me stronger But how could I feel alive If you just make me weaker Sleepless nights and compromise I need a fucking breather I've realised you're in disguise And now it's no surprise All my energy Find my inner peace Do what's good for me And I'm taking my time. Want more of Charle - follow her on Instagram and listen to her new song on Spotify. |
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