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☆ We need to talk about whatever's happening with Starbucks' drinks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Whatever is happening on the Starbucks menu right now is making me feel like I'm a senior citizen. AdvertisementThe rise of complicated, multi-ingredient sweet drinks has coincided with the rise in popularity of the Starbucks app, accelerated by the start of the pandemic in 2020 when many locations couldn't take walk-in orders. I tried the newer Starbucks drinks myselfMy Oleato Golden Foam Iced Shaken Espresso with Toffeenut drink, which was 360 calories and tasted like coffee ice cream. Katie Notopoulos / Business InsiderI acknowledge I'm a bit of a crank when I say: The Starbucks menu is out of control. (I should note here that my grande iced drink was 360 calories, which does seem like a dessert treat rather than a morning coffee.

Persons: —, anyone's, It's, lattes, chino, Lindsey Wasson, Katie Notopoulos, slurped Organizations: Service, Business, AP Locations: TikTok, chino

☆ He booked a one-way ticket to Thailand the day after finishing high school. Now he’s a top Bangkok chef
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Philipp Meier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“I’m both a night and morning person,” says the Swedish-born executive head chef of Nordic-Asian fusion restaurant Villa Frantzen, one of only two Nordic restaurants in Thailand’s capital. Courtesy Villa Frantzén Restaurant & Bar“The broad spectrum you gain from exploring cuisines from all over the world is what lends every chef a unique skill set and better fundament for creation. Courtesy Villa Frantzén Restaurant & BarA dish of grilled duck and endive. Courtesy Villa Frantzén Restaurant & Bar“And I can go a long time with few hours of sleep a night. Villa Frantzén – Restaurant & Bar, 7 Soi Yen Akat 3, Chong Nonsi, Bangkok; +66 (0)87 344 8222.

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☆ 'Saltburn' production designer explains how they made the bathroom scene, from finding a tub that fit Jacob Elordi to creating his bathwater
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Oliver spies on Felix as he pleasures himself in a clawfoot tub. After Felix finishes and leaves the room, Oliver crawls into the tub and drinks the last bit of water from the bath as it swirls down the rusty drain. The scene's shocking nature has led to countless TikToks and jokes, including a cocktail recipe inspired by the moment. "The bathroom was described along with the whole walkthrough scene when Felix walks through showing Oliver the house," Davies told Business Insider. "It was a spare bedroom with tapestry on the walls and a cream color," Davies explained of their chosen room.

Persons: —, Barry Keoghan's Oliver slurps, Felix, Jacob Elordi, Oliver, Jill, Jacob Elordi's Bathwater, Jacob Elordi's bathwater, I've, Suzie Davies, Davies, Fennell's, Oliver's, Fennell, Emerald Fennell, Jacob, Barry slurping, Barry Keoghan, Linus Madekwe's, Barry Organizations: Service, Business, Oxford University, Drayton House, MGM, Amazon MGM Locations: Drayton, Northamptonshire

☆ The Russia-Ukraine war appears to be at a stalemate. But soldiers on both sides are losing at the front lines.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Russia-Ukraine war is entering its third year, and neither side appears to have a significant advantage. But soldiers on both sides of the frontlines are fighting a losing battle. In Kherson, Ukraine, some Russian soldiers have had to resort to drinking cans of meat mixed with river water to avoid starving to death. As the fighting nears its 24th month, Russian soldiers are growing increasingly demoralized, distrustful of military leadership, and desperate to return home. But Ukrainian soldiers are fighting their own uphill battle.

Persons: They've, —, John Kirby Organizations: Service, Business, The Associated Press, US National Security Council, BBC Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kherson, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Avdiivka, Ukrainian

☆ Video shows Russian soldier saying some troops mixed river water in a can of meat and drank it for a week so they wouldn't starve
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video posted to social media appears to show a Russian soldier describing bleak conditions on the front lines in Kherson. He said that some troops mixed water from the river in a can of stewed meat and drank it for a week so they wouldn't starve. AdvertisementA video posted on social media appears to show a Russian soldier describing increasingly bleak conditions for troops on the front lines. It got so bad that some soldiers mixed water from the Dnipro River in a can of stewed meat so that they wouldn't starve to death, according to the video. Advertisement"They drink from the Dnipro River, eat whatever they find under their feet," he says in the video.

Persons: —, Anton Gerashchenko, Gerashchenko, ISW, they've Organizations: Service, Interior, Business, Troops Locations: Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Ukraine

☆ Don’t Send Compliments to the Chef and Other New Rules of Dining Out in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Joshua David Stein | Photographs Lanna Apisukh For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

A FEW HOURS before service at Ilis, a newly opened restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, two-dozen or so young cooks in crisp black-linen shirts and olive-drab aprons stand around tables and islands, deep in prep. In one corner of the former warehouse, two of them carefully seal large surf-clam shells with beeswax and bind them with twine. Soon these will be filled with a combination of clam juice, clarified tomato juice and dashi, to be slurped by diners paying $295 for a 12-course dinner. At a worktable, dozens of defeathered Khaki Campbell ducks await 21 days of dry aging. It may sound like the standard set-up for a high-end restaurant of a particular Nordic bent, but it isn’t.

Locations: Ilis, Greenpoint , Brooklyn

☆ A killer whale likely 'slurped out' the liver of a half-eaten great white shark that washed up on a beach, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A great white shark that washed up on a beach in Australia appeared to be half-eaten. Scientists said the shark was likely attacked by a killer whale that just wanted to eat its liver. Rare footage captured for Discovery Channel's Shark Week in 2022 showed three orcas killing a great white shark in order to eat its liver. AdvertisementAdvertisementA great white shark carcass that washing up on an Australian beach and was likely attacked by a killer whale. A great white shark carcass that washing up on an Australian beach and was likely attacked by a killer whale.

Persons: —, Ben Johnstone, Johnstone, Lauren Meyer, Meyer, Vanessa Pirotta, Pirotta, they've Organizations: Service, Portland, Flinders University, ABC Locations: Australia, South Africa, Victoria, Australian, New Zealand

☆ Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says space food is tastier than you think
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says a lot of astronaut food is actually pretty tasty. During his two trips to the International Space Station with NASA, he managed to eat pretty well. Astronaut food has come a long way since the early days of dehydrated eggs and Tang. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt Houston's Space Food Systems Laboratory in Johnson Space Center, NASA techs freeze prepared food at about minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Leland Melvin and his NASA STS-129 crew members eat a meal at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

Persons: Tang, Leland Melvin, —, Melvin, Jason Connolly, Mike Massimino, Melvin didn't, Velcro, Chris Hadfield, Hadfield, Daniel Tani, José Andrés Organizations: Service, International, NASA, Station, Food Systems Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, International Space Station, sips, YouTube, Space Station, Michelin Locations: AFP

☆ How to cook mussels at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Casey Barber | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

How to prepare musselsRemember that mussels are alive until you cook them, and they need to stay alive and breathing until they’re ready to hit the pan. If you won’t be cooking and eating your mussels immediately, use the colander method as noted above to store the mussels until you’re ready to use them. How to cook musselsUnlike oysters, which take a bit of practice and skill to shuck, it’s simple to steam mussels. Add the cleaned mussels, cover the pot and cook for about 8-10 minutes until all the mussels have opened. • Mussels in tomato-garlic broth• Spanish mussels with hard chorizo and cream• Beer-steamed mussels• White wine and olive oil-steamed mussels• Mussels in coconut milkCasey Barber is a food writer, artist and editor of the website Good Food Stories.

Persons: you’ll, ”, Joshua Stoll, Stoll, David Petrus Ibars, Casey Barber Organizations: CNN, University of Maine’s

☆ Rare video shows an orca ripping open a 30-foot-long whale shark before feasting on its liver
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Divers captured rare footage of a gruesome killer whale hunting technique. An orca off the coast of California was seen "slurping" the liver of a live shark. The gruesome footage shows an orca tearing into the stomach of a 30-foot-long whale shark before removing its liver. "Looks like they slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement — I'm assuming it was dead," he said. Shortly after the encounter, another orca killed another whale shark nearby.

Persons: James Moskito, It's, Moskito, Roets, Michael Weiss Organizations: Service, Marine Dynamics, Center, , Research Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, Cortez, Farallon, South

☆ At sweltering Phoenix Zoo, showers for owls and icy treats for monkeys
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Liliana Salgado | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Liliana SalgadoPHOENIX, July 21 (Reuters) - On Day 22 of temperatures in Phoenix exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), a Eurasian eagle owl enjoyed a prolonged shower on Friday while monkeys and horses ate icy treats, some laced with Gatorade. The Phoenix Zoo has come up with myriad ways to cool off animals in the historic record-breaking heat wave, including hose-downs, mister lines, cooling pads, ponds, mud water, fans and air-conditioned buildings. So this is one of the ways that we help them cool down in this heat," said zookeeper Leslie Lindholm. And over in Monkey Village, tiny squirrel monkeys pulled frozen treats out of buckets. Reporting by Liliana Salgado in Phoenix; Editing by Mary Milliken and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Archie, Liliana Salgado PHOENIX, Lizzie Newman, zookeeper Leslie Lindholm, Jake, zookeeper Jyl Purdy, Amy Dietz, Liliana Salgado, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Phoenix Zoo, REUTERS, Gatorade, The Phoenix, Thomson Locations: Arizona, U.S, Phoenix, Europe, Asia, Belgian, Monkey

☆ A.I. and TV Ads Were Made for Each Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Mac Schwerin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Some of the people who make commercials today are worried that A.I. to make fake ads gives it a job it already excels at: assistant ethnographer, media-studies expert, unbiased auditor of cultural tropes. In “Synthetic Summer,” the partygoers seemingly don’t know how to drink: They hold cans a few inches from their faces or latch their lips to the sides. “Synthetic Summer,” for instance, has the DNA of a 20-year-old Bud Light commercial; it bears little resemblance to the brand’s latest Super Bowl spot. As far as brands are concerned, that’s fine: They need not train A.I.

Persons: A.I, —, ”, you’ve, Mac Schwerin Organizations: Bud, Companies, YouTube, Mac Locations: Washington

☆ I drove the $180,000 Lucid Air. It solved my EV range anxiety and charged faster than I've ever seen.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I drove the Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance, a $180,000 electric sedan. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance. The Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance.

☆ Being a digital nomad isn't just for singles. Here's how families make it work
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

To many, the lifestyle of a "digital nomad" is an aspirational one — you can live anywhere in the world, visa permitting, with your laptop as your office. But one factor deters many from the lifestyle: kids. He added that now more resources exist to help people learn about the digital nomad lifestyle, thanks to its growing popularity. Elledge-Penner family: 20 countriesThe beautiful Indonesian island of Bali, famed for its laidback lifestyle, is a popular destination for digital nomads. Penner said the key to making the lifestyle work for them is "connecting with people" and not approaching places "as a travel highlight hit list."

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