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Ina Garten's 12 Best Cooking Tips For Home Chefs
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By Shepard Bassett/Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 9:32 am EST
You don't become a culinary institution by accident. Ina Garten, one of the most beloved Food Network stars and the author of over a dozen best selling cookbooks, has been a household name since the debut of her television show on the Food Network in 2002 (per IMDB). After 20 years, she has amassed and shared some of the most helpful advice for cooking and hosting dinners, holidays, and parties in the industry. Her approachable methods allow even the novice home chef to present a well-organized and elegant spread to even the most discerning of guests.
She has proven that everyone and anyone can bring elegance to the table. We have collected some of her most practical tips to help you through your next soiree or Wednesday night dinner. Roll up your sleeves, pour a glass of wine, and kick off your shoes as we share some of the best advice from the Barefoot Contessa herself.
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Just because you want to serve up an impressive spread, that doesn't mean that you have to get complicated. One of Ina Garten's main tenants is simplicity (after all, her catch phrase in her show is "Wasn't that easy?"). You don't need to go out to specialty shops to purchase one-use ingredients or break the bank buying a kitchen gizmo that you'll only use once then hide it away on your shelves. Check your pantry.
There's a good chance you might only need to pick up one or two fresh components to make a very memorable meal. Even special-occasion meals like New Year's Eve, can be both elegant and simple with a meal that only requires 10 minutes and three ingredients. Celebrities like Emily Blount and Meghan Markle praise the simplicity of Ina's so-called "engagement chicken," a classic dish comprising only five ingredients (via People). If you keep it simple, you focus on the flavors of the ingredients and don't get lost in complicated recipes, letting the food do all the work.
Be prepared in the pantry
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Whether you're a seasoned professional or a novice home cook, it's important to always have a few staples on hand. Ina told Bon Appétit, "There are some things I always have in the house, like a bowl of lemons on the counter (and other citrus), butter, eggs, Parmesan cheese, and chocolate." And if you were to peek into her freezer, you would see Ina Garten keeps four additional "must-haves:" soup, chicken stock, vanilla ice cream, and vodka.
While you might not have use for a full basket of lemons, having citrus, chicken stock, and Parmesan cheese immediately available means you are less than 20 minutes away from a gorgeous weekday dinner of lemon spaghetti. This is one dish you could proudly serve to unexpected guests, or enjoy solo on the couch with your favorite comfort-show. The security of knowing you have the basics in your back pocket will cut down on frantic last-minute shopping trips, which can set you on the best foot forward for the rest of the meal process.
Make a meal plan
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Whether you're hosting a multi-generational Thanksgiving dinner, or just a couple of close friends for brunch, it's important to have a plan of action in place. Ina, herself, admits on the Barefoot Contessa website, "Sometimes the hardest thing about a throwing a party is just planning the menu!" You don't want to be stuck in the kitchen, running in five different directions while your guests are socializing (or worse, waiting for food that's still an hour from being done).
Ina goes on to say, "I'll prepare a game plan to make sure I can actually pull it off — something served at room temperature, some things in the oven, some on top of the stove, and hopefully a few dishes that I can assemble in advance so I'm not in a full sweat when my friends arrive!" Make sure to read the recipes that you're planning on making. Take note of how long each dish will take to cook and how they're going to be cooked. Having a plan in place will reduce your stress during the preparation, and it will free you up to enjoy your own party.
Elevate classic recipes
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Classics are classics for a reason. From roast chicken to lasagna, certain dishes transcend time and belong in every home cook's rolodex of recipes that can be produced with a certain amount of ease and confidence. However, just because the dishes are classics does not mean that they can't be improved. Ina Garten's Bolognese recipe calls for a double tap of red wine, both at the beginning and at the end of cooking the sauce. Punching up traditional dishes keeps your recipe rotation exciting and allows the home cook to experiment with different twists on tried and true meals.
Even something as simple as steak can be improved and elevated in a myriad of ways with just adding one or two basic ingredients. By continuing to tweak and revisit classic recipes, you can present guests or family members with an approachable main course that packs a personalized twist, ensuring that everyone enjoys their meal.
Don't stray from your culinary comfort zone when hosting
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It's easy to get amped up for a brand new recipe that might be a bit of a culinary stretch when you're hoping to make an impression on your guests. Resist the urge and follow Ina Garten's entertaining rule. "It's really about making sure that you're making something that you're comfortable making," Ina said in her interview with Vogue. "So, when everybody arrives, you're relaxed and happy—because that's what makes the best dinner party. Not just for you, but for your guests, as well."
Being a host is about making sure that your guests are comfortable and happy, which you can't do if you're rushing around panicking over an untested or overly-complicated recipe. Even if your comfort zone is recipes at the beginner's level, your party will go smoother for staying within your own boundaries. After all, your friends came to have a cocktail with you, not listen to clattering in the kitchen.
One pan is all you need
One-pan recipes are a god-send for most home chefs. Fewer elements to keep track of and fewer dishes at the end of the night. No one wants to have to deal with multiple pans on the stove making an elaborate dinner in the middle of the workweek. In her book "Go-To Dinners," Ina Garten offers up several one-pan recipes, inspired by her own fatigue that came during the pandemic (per Vogue).
Break out your sheet pans or trusty cast iron skillet and give yourself a much needed cooking vacation by adding vegetables and proteins all at once. But, according to tried-and-true Barefoot Contessa hosting tips, just because it's simple doesn't mean it has to be bland. Ina's one-pan chicken trick calls for laying sliced potatoes under the chicken to absorb the fonds and the juices from the bottom of the pan, ensuring that every element of the meal is delicious.
The freezer is your friend
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The freezer isn't just an elaborate ice-cream holder (although, there's no shame in a cheeky pint or two tucked between the frozen spinach). Believe it or not, but the temperature of food when it hits a hot pan or oven can make a true difference in how it cooks. Ina Garten recommends a 15-minute foray into the freezer for both chocolate chip cookie dough and homemade hamburger patties.
When you allow your food to chill for a short amount of time, you are ensuring a uniform temperature when it goes to cook. This means that your food will cook through evenly, making perfectly textured cookies and juicy burgers. Don't be afraid to let your food rest in the freezer while you clean up your work space or tackle a few dishes. Your meals will be better for it and your after-dinner clean up will already be started.
Patience makes perfect
When it comes to things like resting your cookie dough in the freezer for 15-minutes or caramelizing onions, there's no substitution for patience. One example Ina Garten gives of culinary patience is allowing eggs and butter to come up to room temperature before using them to bake (per Food & Wine). According to Ina, this process takes hours and is best started the night before you plan to bake so that the ingredients are ready to go by the time you turn on your oven. Though it may be tempting to see these steps as extraneous and skip over them, it truly affects the quality of the end product, if you rush.
Perfect caramelized onions can take the better part of an hour to make, but taking your time and having patience with your process means the difference between sweet, golden, gooey goodness and blackened, bitter bits. Make sure to read your recipes ahead of time and plan accordingly; it pays off in the end.
Make it ahead of time
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When you have a major meal that you're planning, be it Thanksgiving, your parents' anniversary, or your partner's birthday, time management is clutch. It's important that you know exactly how long each dish needs in the oven, and how many pans are going to be on the stovetop at any given time. It can seem overwhelming when you're in the planning stages.
Ina Garten recommends making as many elements ahead of time as possible to take some of the pressure off yourself and your cooking range. Garten recommends making one Thanksgiving appetizer and buying the rest, as well as items that can be prepped days ahead of time. Her pumpkin parfait actually benefits from being made the night before as it allows the flavors to mature overnight. This sort of pre-planning doesn't have to be confined to special occasions. Give yourself a break during the week by pre-marinating your proteins and chopping your veggies ahead of time.
Leftovers are king
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Most meals, no matter how delicious, often result in leftovers, especially if you're making a large-batch recipe like soup, chili, gravy, or casserole. It's important when you're dealing with leftovers that you freeze them quickly and correctly, both to preserve the quality of the food and to ensure that all your delish extras remain safe to eat.
Garten advises allowing the food to cool fully to room temperature before freezing them and not stacking them until a full 24 hours after they've been frozen. She also recommends leaving room for the liquids to expand during the freezing process. Don't forget to label and date your leftovers so that you can keep track of them. Having your freezer replete with previously cooked meals ensures that you always have a plan "B" in a culinary emergency or a lazy day when you can't be bothered to make something from scratch.
Make it a two-fer!
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Speaking of leftovers, one of Ina Garten's favorite tips is to make meals a "two-fer." Use the leftovers from one meal to make your next! Ina isn't shy about speaking her mind about leftovers (she's not the biggest fan), so instead of eating the same meal twice in a row, she instead creates a whole new meal. Thanksgiving is the perfect example of a "two-fer" meal: the roast turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce are easily and deliciously converted to sandwiches, omelets, and turkey pot pie. Completely different meals made from the basic components of the original meal.
Garten mentions her favorite "two-fer" is a tomato and eggplant soup, which she then uses as a base for pasta sauce. So, the next time you're planning a big meal, try thinking ahead to how you can mix-and-match the various elements into something equally delicious and exciting for the following day.
There's no shame in zhuzhing up store-bought bases
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Let's not forget that the Barefoot Contessa has an adage: "Store-bought is fine." When it comes down to it, it might not be worth your time to make puff-pastry from scratch just to be one component in a larger meal. Save yourself the frustration and just buy it from the store. Put your time and talents to better use.
The New York Times worked with Ina to create multiple classic Thanksgiving dishes using store-bought bases with great success. So if you find yourself opting to buy pie crust, hold your head up high when you bring it to the table and don't belittle yourself to your guests about it. After all, dinner parties are all about the company, the cocktails, and the memories. As you do the dishes later, you can pat yourself on the back and say, "Wasn't that easy?"


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If Chicago teenagers succumb to the lure of e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products aside from cigarettes, it won't be because they didn't know about the health risks. It'll be because they ignored those warnings.
The City Council made certain of it Wednesday, by requiring health risk warning signs to be posted "somewhere visible at each public entrance" to all tobacco dealers.
The ordinance adds yet another chapter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's life-long crusade against Big Tobacco.
"They should keep their hands off our kids. I don't want their products near our kids," Emanuel said after the meeting.
The warning signs will be designed by the Chicago Department of Public Health and downloaded from its website to make it easier for businesses to comply.
They will contain "factual information" about the health risks posed by e-cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, smokeless tobacco and other tobacco products that do not include cigarettes. The signs will also include a number users can call for help kicking the tobacco habit.
Emanuel said the warning signs "build off" the city's previous ban on e-cigarettes wherever smoking is prohibited.
"Tobacco companies are doing exactly what we thought they were doing and suspected. It was never meant as a cessation device. It was meant to hook kids on nicotine," he said.
Emanuel talks about creating a "smoke-free generation" in Chicago and teen smoking has dropped from 13.6 percent when the mayor took office in 2011 to 6 percent today.
Public Health Commissioner Dr. Julie Morita blamed the blissful ignorance of youth.
"They're like the size of a flash drive. Kids can carry them around easily. They can hide them. There's reports about kids using them in school settings because people don't see them," Morita said.
But that provision likely will have limited impact; federal law already prohibits much of the free handouts Big Tobacco uses to lure young people into a lifetime of nicotine addiction.
Emanuel has crusaded against smoking for much of his professional life. It's personal.
"You know about what I witnessed with my mother being addicted to nicotine," he said.
Locally, those efforts have included: imposing the nation's highest cigarette tax; banning e-cigarettes wherever smoking is prohibited; moving them behind the counter of retail stores; banning the sale of flavored tobacco products within 500 feet of schools; and taxing e-cigarettes.
The City Council also has: raised Chicago's smoking age to 21, slapped a $6 million tax on cigars, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco, and banned coupons and discounts that can lure teens to take up cigarettes.


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José de Jesús Sánchez del Río went to visit the tomb of a Cristero martyr in 1927, and asked God to let him also die in defense of the Catholic faith. Not even a year would go by before his wish was fulfilled. In February of 1928, he was assassinated for the cause of Christ. At his death, Joselito, as his family affectionately called him, was just over a month shy of his 15th birthday.
Pope Francis canonized the 14-year-old martyr on Oct. 16 in Rome, alongside six others.
The history of St. José Sanchez has some sad coincidences. For one, the church of St. James the Apostle in Sahuayo, where Joselito was baptized, became his prison.
Another sad parallel: His godfather for his First Communion (in Mexico, it is tradition to choose a godfather or sponsor for First Communion), Rafael Picazo Sanchez, was the one who ordered his assassination.
Witnesses in the cause for Jose's canonization testified that he was a "normal, healthy kid with a joyful character," as the postulator, Comboni Missionary Father Fidel González, told El Pueblo Católico.
"He went to his Catechism classes and was notable for his commitment to difficult parish activities (…) Though it put his life at risk since public worship was prohibited, he received the sacraments when he could. He prayed the holy rosary each day with his family. Despite being very young, José understood very well what Mexico was going through with the persecution," Father González said.
Despite being just a boy, José joined the Cristeros, a movement trying to defend religious liberty in the country. He carried out simple tasks, such as helping with the logistics for those who were fighting the battle for the faith.
General Guizar Morfín managed to escape, but the federal troops captured José, taking him to the town of Cotija, beating and rebuking him along the way. "We're going to see how much of a man you really are," they told him.
Saint Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio depicted in a painting by Rene Martinez Valdez. The 14-year old martyr was canonized Oct. 16.
Picazo, his godfather, didn't want to kill the boy and offered him various proposals so as to save his life. He offered to register him in a prestigious military school or send him to the United States, but the boy refused these temptations since in order to get them, he would have to deny his faith.
On Feb. 10, 1928, they transferred José to a building close to where he was being held and told his family that he would be shot. One of his aunts managed to bring him Communion.
"I am sentenced to death. At 8:30 p.m., the moment that I have desired so, so much will arrive. I thank you for all the kindnesses you've shown me, you and Magdalena," he wrote to his aunt.
The soldiers tortured him by cutting the bottoms of his feet with a knife and forcing him to walk barefoot to his last resting place, the cemetery of Sahuayo.
"I didn't hear laments; I only heard the resigned voice of José. I saw the footprints of blood from the soles of his feet at the gate called Arregui that is on the street that leads to the cemetery; at the inn they also tortured him. … They brought him to the cemetery where first he was stabbed and then they gave him the final blow in the head," a witness of the martyrdom testified.
Once at the cemetery, José was stabbed by the soldiers. With each strike, he shouted, "Long live Christ the King! Long live Holy Mary of Guadalupe!" Then a military leader shot him twice in the head, put his lifeless body in a small grave and covered him with dirt. It was 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 10, 1928.
Along with José de Jesús Sánchez del Río, Pope Francis canonized another six saints of four nationalities on Sunday, Oct. 16.
She was born Elisabeth Catez in Avord, France. Her father died when she was only 7 years old. She had a refined spiritual and artistic sensitivity and was quite a jokester as well as an accomplished pianist. She had a friendly character and had many friends.
"She loved music, walking, and enjoying nature and the mountains," Patricia Morrison, editorial director of ICS Publications and an expert on this saint, told El Pueblo Católico.
Elisabeth discovered her vocation to the contemplative religious life at a young age and wanted to join the Carmelites. She was unable to fulfill this desire, though, until she was 21, because she had to care for her mother who not only was a widow but also had various health problems.
Elisabeth understood that her religious cell was in her heart until she was able to join the Order of Carmel in 1901. Her superiors would later say that this waiting period had given her a great maturity and made her better prepared for the religious life.
"When I recommend prayer to you, this doesn't mean taking on a list of vocal prayers to pray every day. I speak, rather, of a raising of the soul to God through all things …" she once wrote.
In 1903, she was diagnosed with Addison's Disease (an endocrine disorder affecting the adrenal glands) and she died at age 26.
"It seems that I have found my heaven on earth, since heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day that I understood this, everything was illumined for me," she wrote in the midst of her agony.
souls and for abnegation of himself. He was arrested Aug. 15, 1792, for refusing to take an oath to support the civil constitution of the clergy, which required them to separate themselves from the Church. Two weeks later, nearly all the prisoners were killed for their refusal to take the oath.
"Let us suffer with joy and gratitude for the crosses and affliction sent to us," he wrote to his sister before dying.
Better known as "el cura Brochero" (el cura translates to "the priest"), Father Brochero was a diocesan priest of Argentina with tremendous missionary zeal. He tried to bring many people to an encounter with God through spiritual exercises. In this effort, he traveled long miles, riding a mule, sometimes despite intense cold or raging snowstorms. On certain occasions, as many as 500 people joined in these pilgrimages so as to have nine days of retreat according to the method of the spiritual exercises.
He eventually was left blind and died of leprosy, caught from the faithful he went to visit and to spiritually assist.
"Father Brochero has left us as a priest the testimony of a fully human and deeply religious and missionary path, in the context of his own history, style and culture," according to Archbishop José María Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, the president of Argentina's bishops' conference, in an article published at the web site of the Archdiocese of Cordoba, Argentina.
He was a priest of the Diocese of Salerno, in the south of Italy, and the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint John the Baptist – also known as the Baptistine Sisters of Nazareth.
He was characterized by his zeal, his dedication to liturgy and for his diligence in administering the sacraments, especially confession, where he expressed his paternal love and understanding for the penitents.
He dedicated himself to evangelize with preaching that, while profound, was both simple and incisive. He also endured certain difficult tests: For example, he was falsely accused, which led his bishop to remove him from leadership of his institute. And some of the sisters of the community caused division with their defiance. He accepted these situations with sorrow, but also with a spirit of submission and obedience.
"Let's become saints following Jesus closely … Daughters, if you live in poverty, in chastity and in obedience, you will shine as stars in the sky above," he said to his religious daughters.
The congregation he founded is present in 17 nations on four continents, including Mexico. The nuns seek to live a spousal relationship with Jesus of Nazareth at the service of the most small and poor, and, like John the Baptist, to prepare the way of the Lord.
He was born in Brescia, in the north of Italy, to a family of the noble class. As a child he had "a pious spirt, concern for the needy, attention for poor children, a quick and sharp intelligence that brought him to face problems concretely and with common sense," the current superior of the Pavoniani order he founded, Father Ricardo Pinilla, told El Pueblo Católico.
In 1847, he founded the Congregation of the Sons of Mary Immaculate, which came to be known as the "Pavoniani," made up of religious priests who gave spiritual direction and sacraments, and religious brothers who coordinated the workshops and education of the children.
Father Pavoni died of bronchial pneumonia in 1849, after walking 7.5 miles in a torrential rain with a group of youth from Brescia to Saiano, fleeing the "10-Days" conflict between Austria and Brescia.
"We've always called that road the calvary of Saiano, where Ludovico Pavoni, who had lived for his youth, gave his life for them," Father Pinilla said.
He was the bishop of the Spanish Dioceses of Malaga and later of Palencia. He was characterized by his great devotion to the Eucharist, and wrote several books on this topic.
In 1905 he was named the pastor of the church of St. Peter in the Huelva region, where he noted a great religious indifference. He thus began in 1910 the "Work for the Tabernacles-Calvaries," to respond to the love of Christ in the Eucharist with a love of reparation.
He was named auxiliary bishop of Malaga in 1916, and four years later, titular bishop. He developed schools and catechesis and was often found preaching on the streets.
The religious persecution in Spain of the 1930s immediately brought problems and in 1931 his episcopal palace was burned down. From 1932 he began to direct his diocese from Madrid and in 1935 was named bishop of Palencia.


One of my Sunday night rituals is checking the weather for the upcoming week. I don't know when I started doing it, but I just like to have an idea of what I can look forward to in the week. Especially now with spring sports, I like to know what games could possibly be affected by bad weather.
After the downer of seeing that we're expecting snow (again) on Tuesday, I saw a glimmer of hope for this weekend. 78 degrees on Saturday! Is this real?! Break out the shorts and flip flops everybody!
As excited as I am for the warmer weather to come, I know I am not the only one. The past few weeks, so many of us reporters have found ourselves talking with coaches and players about how the weather is affecting them. Baseball, softball, and lacrosse games have been postponed and athletes have had to play in less than ideal spring weather conditions. Baseball and softball especially have had to hold practices in the parking lot because they haven't been able to get on their fields. Yes, colder weather does naturally come with the start of spring sports, but this season we have especially had to deal with more snow and freezing rain than usual, and I think we're all ready to it to end.
I know this warmer weather will bring happier spirits. I know I certainly am excited to shed the extra blanket and gloves that I have been bringing along with me!


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NYRF 2019: Film Scouts Talk Trends
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Leading film scouts and agents gave New York Rights Fair attendees an in-depth look at the state of the industry on Thursday, sharing trends and advice for a packed audience.
Panelist Angela Cheng Caplan—the president of Cheng Caplan Company, Inc., an independent literary/talent management and production company—explained the value that the panelists bring to an author or publisher. "It's about creating opportunities specifically for my client," she said, explaining how she tirelessly champions an author or creator to the film industry. "If there is something that really moves me in the storytelling, then it's something I can talk about 10,000 times a day. I can get 10,000 'no's,' but I still want to keep talking about it."
Howie Sanders, the co-head of media rights at Anonymous Content, has seen a huge boom in episodic adaptation. "Five years ago, I probably did about 75 percent film. Now I do 90 percent television," he said, explaining how streaming services had reshaped the landscape. "The market has changed dramatically. You can make a television deal now that is the equivalent, if not surpass a film deal from a couple years ago."
A few panelists discussed how film and TV adaptation drives readership for a book. Moderator Marcy Drogin, a literary scout and president of Maximum Films & Management, stressed that films can also drive significant book sales. She shared an example from her own career, how the 2016 film adaptation of Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train drove book sales for the psychological thriller. "Since Dreamworks bought Girl on a Train super early, they were able to get into production quickly and capitalize on the book becoming a massive bestseller. The movie drove the book and the book drove the movie," she said.
Conner Literary founder Emily Conner said that Hollywood is currently exploring back catalogs, looking for stories that might have fallen through the cracks. "We've recently seen a lot of clients who wanted to focus on the backlist," she said. "There's growing interest in untapped gems and things that have been eclipsed. They see those as really valuable properties."
James Literary Consulting principal Mark James added that articles and other short content can also find success in the booming rights marketplace. "Now that Netflix and Amazon have pledged literally billions of dollars to make content, the amount of money being given to authors are things I've never seen before," he said. "In the last six months, there are magazine articles selling for $250,000. In the past, that would have been $5,000 or maybe $10,000. The amount of money that these companies are giving directly to authors for their content is life-changing."
Sanders agreed, but also celebrated the role of film scouts and co-agents in making any piece of content come alive for a producer or studio executive—driving these major deals. "One of us has to shape the narrative or the story. We are selling an idea. We paint the picture of what the show or movie looks like to the buyer," he said.


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F1 | Mercedes to review Kingspan partnership following backlash, hints Wolff
After the expectedly angered reactions it raised, the controversial deal is now "a matter of urgency" for Mercedes.
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Ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP Mercedes announced a new sponsorship agreement with Kingspan that caused grave disquiet. The Irish company supplied part of the insulation cladding that covered the west London block of flats that caught fire in 2017.
72 people lost their lives in the flames that spread through Grenfell Tower facilitated by the flammable materials of the covering and Grenfell United, representing survivors has written to Mercedes' Team Principal and CEO Toto Wolff demanding the termination of this "truly shocking" partnership.
This news has shattered us. @KingspanIP_UK is rotten to the core 'little better than crooks & killers'. No remorse, or responsibility for the murder of our 72. Only greed & recklessness for human life.
👇Our letter to @MercedesAMGF1 urging them to cut their ties with Kingspan. pic.twitter.com/FsLzCVsoYg
— Grenfell United (@GrenfellUnited) December 2, 2021
Wolff has responded apologising for the "additional hurt" the announcement has caused and explained that the Brackley team "engaged with Kingspan in depth" before signing the deal and was assured their products "played no role" in the disaster.
However, there is an ongoing public inquiry in which Kingspan is involved for ignoring safety concerns over the cladding.
A letter from Toto Wolff to Grenfell United. pic.twitter.com/OcczmEP4yA
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) December 3, 2021
"There are so many questions," Wolff said when asked about the sponsorship during a session with medias including MotorLat.
"At that stage, what I've said in my letter is that I apologise for the pain that was caused by this announcement. There's certainly a lot of learning for me, personally, and for the team."
Lewis Hamilton has talked in support of the families affected and didn't seem pleased of having Kingspan's logo on the nose of his W12 in Jeddah, explaining the team is sorting the matter out.
During the session Wolff assured it's being looked at "with a matter of urgency" by Mercedes, hinting they are in talks with the company to re-evaluate the deal.
"What I want to say is that we've initiated a dialogue with some of the community of the bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell tragedy to just better understand the pain that's caused - that process is just beginning, but we would like to wish for privacy while that's ongoing," he said.
"As I said, we are discussing that with the important people and we will reach out to Kingspan and come up with the right solution. There is a contractual agreement that's behind these things and we want to just do the right thing with integrity. That's why I don't want to further comment at this stage."
But is it something the Team Principal regrets signing?
"We all develop and learn in our lives and this is clearly a situation that will make me improve in the future. And my assessment, my decision-making, and... full stop. Everything I say more just puts me in a situation," he concluded.
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Communal Culture Spawns Rental Startups in Construction, Healthcare
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How does today's "sharing economy" look to a guy who grew up in a commune in Missouri, without any technology like phones or computers?
It looks familiar—and also like good business. Willy Schlacks was raised in a community that he calls a "mix of theocracy and communism." He was 27 when he and his brother, Jabbok, left the commune with their families. He remembers the date: August 23, 2010. "We call it D-Day," Schlacks says.
The brothers are now co-founders of a tech startup called EquipmentShare. The Missouri-based company just raised a $2 million seed financing round led by Boston-area venture firm Romulus Capital, with Ashton Kutcher, Krillion Ventures, and others participating. EquipmentShare helps contractors borrow and share construction equipment online, and it's emblematic of the sharing economy moving into different industries—but more on that in a minute.
The Schlacks brothers grew up with electricity and the grid (they're not Amish), but things like the Internet and business were shunned. As teens, they got their hands on a 486-based PC and learned how to program it. They even started a computer business, but it was "very brief—it got shut down by the elders," Schlacks says. "We've always been hustlers. We had zero education in that area, it's all self taught."
They also knew how to build stuff, so after leaving the commune they started a series of construction businesses to support themselves. They were doing fine, but kept running into the same problem: renting or buying equipment for construction jobs is expensive and cumbersome. If you need a crane or forklift for a couple days longer than you planned, you end up paying huge fees, and you might as well have just bought the thing.
So the Schlacks set up an informal equipment-sharing system with their contractor friends and peers. Then they realized that could be a good business by itself, making use of online technologies. They heard about Y Combinator, the Bay Area startup accelerator, and snuck in their application just minutes before the deadline last fall. "We didn't expect to get in," Schlacks admits.
But get in they did, after flying to San Francisco (their first time to the city) for the interview process. The YC mentorship program was extremely helpful, Schlacks says. One key lesson was that their initial idea of how customers would use the site didn't work out. "It had to be more convenient, with better service and better prices," he says. Contractors are not early-adopter, techie types, he adds. "They'll use a new platform if it helps them. That's been our mantra—this has to help contractors."
EquipmentShare rolled out its service in February. Once contractors sign up and get background checks, they can do things like rent equipment in the field just by texting or calling from their cellphone, Schlacks says. Next up for the company is expanding its service from the Midwest to construction growth markets in Texas and California. It's very early, of course, but the startup has figured out the nuances of renting out a wide range of equipment such as cranes, forklifts, bulldozers, and skid loaders—and how to make money doing it.
Perhaps what's most interesting is how the Schlacks worldview, coming from a communal society where they never owned any property, fits with the digital sharing economy of Uber, Airbnb, and the like.
"The sharing economy was nothing new to us," Schlacks says. "We know what it's like if people don't have personal property and they're sharing everything. We're naturally looking towards the more communal aspect of things. What's mine is yours—that's our default setting," he says. "But I appreciate capitalism—I definitely prefer it."
And so do investors, of course. EquipmentShare's lead VC, Romulus Capital, has built an early thesis around peer-to-peer sharing—or "collaborative consumption"—for businesses. The fastest-growing company in the firm's portfolio is Cohealo, a Boston-area software startup that helps hospitals and clinics share medical equipment such as scopes and surgical tables. (Cohealo's CEO, Mark Slaughter, helped introduce Romulus to EquipmentShare.)
Medicine and construction have some key things in common, says Romulus co-founder Neil Chheda. They both involve "expensive, low-utilization [equipment] for special users." And the mechanics of sharing online can be pretty similar across fields. "You search for the type of equipment you need, enter your schedule, find it, read reviews, and book it," he says.
One difference has to do with revenue generation for customers. For Cohealo, the sharing occurs within a network of hospitals with the same owner, so the payoff for customers is in cost savings, not new revenues. For EquipmentShare, customers can also make money by renting out their property.
Romulus has invested in other, related companies whose products ultimately touch consumers. These include Beacon, a commuter-plane service, and ClassPass, which runs a membership program for unlimited fitness classes across gyms.
For any of these companies, getting to critical mass is a challenge. For business-to-business sharing, in particular, a company has to provide big savings—and become well-known enough to build up equipment inventory and a user community, which feed each other. "The hard part is driving the network effect," Chheda says. "Can you kick-start it enough at the beginning to get it going?"
EquipmentShare has its work cut out for it. Other construction and equipment-marketplace startups include Getable, TuffWerx, and Crocodo. But Schlacks doesn't seem too concerned about the competitive landscape, even with his somewhat limited exposure to how the tech industry works.
"What's interesting is how similar people are in any environment," he says. "Human nature is so ingrained into all of us. No matter what the culture, there are so many similarities."
To build anything successful, Schlacks says, "a lot does come down to hard work. You really need a work ethic to get anything done, no matter what scene you're in. You have a great idea, and then there are valleys after that. You have to push through those and keep testing it, believing it, working at it. So many people don't push past the low point."
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Chester Wall Walkers – network whilst we get fit!
June is a great month for getting in trim for the summer.
We are organising a daily Chester Wall Walk in June and you are welcome to join us for free.
It takes about 30 minutes to walk the wall all the way round.
Most of us will walk – but you are welcome to include short jogs too if you like. You can join us for all or part of the walk. Or, you can use the walk as a basis of the Couch to 5k programme too.
This will also be a great way to network with fellow chamber members as well as a great way to get the blood flowing ahead of a successful day.
We start on Monday 1st of June until Friday 26th June.
Quick update – we are now three days into our June Chester Wall Walking schedule and we've had one glorious sunny morning, a grey morning and a drizzle morning! But the weather is picking up and so are our numbers! You can still join us – we'll be going strong until Friday the 26th – so feel free to come along any weekday morning :).
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The Italian Association of Professional Riders (ACCPI) has announced that it is to hold a competition to find a design for a sculpture to honour Marco Pantani that will be placed on the infamous Mortirolo climb. The initiative was the idea of former Tour de France winner Felice Gimondi, and is being backed by the bike manufacturer Bianchi, for whom Gimondi works and who supplied Pantani with bikes for much of his career.
There is a prize of 10,000 euros on offer to the winner of the competition with entries requested to "capture the essence and the recognisability of Marco Pantani. The adventurous and heroic spririt of the 'Pirate' should be shown on the terrain where he was at his best: the steepest mountains." The sculpture will be placed in the commune of Mazzo in Valtellina.
The ACCPI has set up a commission to oversee the selection of the winning sculpture, with its members including Pantani's father, Paolo, as well as ex-riders Gianni Bugno, Giuseppe Calcaterra, Claudio Chiappucci, Mario Cipollini, Roberto Conti, and Gimondi.


What better way to celebrate Halloween than to get in the true spirit and decorate your house to make it look like the scariest castle built! Designing your own crafts and decorations makes it even better. Here are some simplest and easiest crafts that spell Halloween to the t.
One of the best things about Halloween is that you get to do all things scary. Even decorate your house with the most scary objects. Although these objects and decorations can be purchased from a store, making them on your own is more fun.
Have your kids and family involved in this simple and easy Halloween crafts designing project and see how much they enjoy it.
Here, we put together a selection of Halloween crafts that are also very easy to make.
First, blow up the balloon and tie it with a secure knot. Now, cut the thin black yarn into 20 sections, each section should be around 6 foot in measurement. In a small bowl or a plastic container, mix the glue with a bit of water. Place the cut off tarns into the glue and water mixture, making sure that the yarns do not get tangled.
Now take out each yarn strip and wrap it around the balloon in a hap hazard way. Make sure that some of the yarn strips overlap each other to give it a cob web-like effect. Now tie a long string at the end of the balloon and hang it from the ceiling. Place a newspaper under the balloon, so that it can soak up any drippings.
When the glue in the yarn dries up completely, burst the balloon with a needle, and carefully remove the deflated balloon piece and discard it. Now place the orange plastic spiders on the yarn and glue them together with quick dry adhesive. Your spooky spider web with spiders is ready.
First, cut off the top of the 4-ounce plastic water bottle with a utility knife. To make the larger mummy, just use the medium-sized empty plastic container. Now, glue a cotton ball to the middle of the small water bottle for the nose, then glue on a pair of black buttons for the eyes. Leave this arrangement to rest until it dries completely.
Next, cut long strips of cheesecloth and glue one of its ends to the plastic container and the water bottle. Start wrapping the cheesecloth around the plastic container and bottle, make sure that you cover the nose but not the eyes. When you reach the end of a strip of cheesecloth, glue down the edge of the strip and start with another strip.
Continue in this way, until the water bottle and plastic container is fully wrapped with cheesecloth and looks like an Egyptian mummy. After the glue dries, you can use these containers for holding candies and sweets.
First, cut out two large ovals from black construction paper, approximately 2-inch in diameter. Now cut out two small ovals about ½ inches from white construction paper. Use a bit of glue to attach the two small white ovals over the black ovals. With the black marker, draw the pupils on the white ovals.
Cut out another 3-inch oval from the black construction paper, making it a little asymmetrical to make the mouth of the ghost. On the white construction paper, draw two individual arms then cut them out. Attach these two arms at the back of the paper plate on both sides with strong glue.
Attach the mouth, and both the eyes that you have cut out. Cut the white crepe paper into five equal 7-inch long pieces and glue them to the back of the paper plate, so that they hang down from the bottom. With the cello tape, glue a piece of yarn to the back of the paper plate so that you can hang this cute ghost.
On a scale of one to ten, these crafts score an eleven when it comes to being fun, scary, and easy. Go ahead and try them out for yourself!


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