How to eatFoodThis month, How to eat is cutting itself a slice of quiche, defying gender stereotypes and settling the many culinary disputes that surround the savoury egg tart. Does blue cheese work in a quiche? Can you really eat it with a jacket potato? And on what planet is the picnic quiche a desirable thing?
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No 1 … Pharrell Williams in 2014 Photograph: Gustavo Papaleo/The GuardianIt’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers
by Alexis Petridis30 Child Rebel Soldier – Us Placer (2007)Pharrell Williams’s career has thrown up several curveballs – a homage to XTC’s Andy Partridge on the Despicable Me 3 soundtrack, a Metallica remix that sounds like 90s hardcore rave – but this might be the most intriguing: Pharrell, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco rhyming over The Eraser by Thom Yorke. Read More...
A history of cities in 50 buildingsCitiesThe Habana Libre hotel, pawn in Castro's battle against the US - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 34Once a playground for American tourists, after Fidel Castro’s revolutionaries marched on Havana this grand Hilton hotel was recast as a symbol of changing allegiances and ideologies
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