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If you’re going to consume it, black seed oil can be eaten straight-up by the teaspoonful or taken in convenient capsule form. If you’re a cook, you can also use it in dressings, ad it to smoothies, drizzle it over grain dishes, or add to anything you’d normally top with an aromatic oil (think of it as a flavoring or finishing oil, not a cooking oil). Just be sure you’re not drizzling on more than the recommended daily serving, and don’t add it to anything too hot or you’ll degrade its delicate nutrients.

When only the concentrated rosemary essential oil will do, use it. Otherwise, it’s much more sustainable to use the whole plant. Besides, rosemary is easy to grow—and there’s nothing more potent or satisfying than making remedies with herbs you’ve grown yourself!

Off the wall 5 September Cycling has always been an aesthetically alluring pastime, segueing between the classic clean lines of vintage steel, ruggedly muscular mountain bikes and the space-age geometries of carbon racers (give or take a few bulky hybrids and ungainly city bikes). In recent years, its outlying elements have been playing catch-up – canny labels, particularly, are finally developing fashion-forward cycle wear – though the aspect of security has always been functional at best. British brand Hiplok is looking to change that with Airlok. The world’s first Gold Rated bicycle storage hanger, the compact design is attractively minimalist, constructed in hardened steel with an impact-resistant outer casing hiding the lock’s frame and fixings. Securing the frame with a single hardened steel pin, the design is proof that, in the resolutely unsexy world of cycle storage, form and function needn’t be mutually exclusive. ’To date there hasn’t been a stylish yet secure means of storing your bike – the choice has been unsightly ground anchors or beautiful wall hangers with no security,’ says Hiplok’s co-founder Ben Smith. ’Airlok solves this problem, combining top level security with elegant, functional design.’ Funding for Airlok is currently being crowdsourced via Kickstarter. Writer: Tom Howells

POPPING ALONG WITH PIZZAVILLE: Looking for a fast and fabulous snack while out doing holiday shopping? We found just the treat at Pizzaville recently when a bunch of us needed a break from the relentless marathon shopping we were into. Stopped at a local Pizzaville where the order included the company’s famous Chicken Poppers, made from 100% white boneless chicken breast and battered in a choice of mild or spicy seasoning, with sauce on the side. My friend ordered the Poppers and declared them little mouthfuls of delicious yum, while I tucked into a generous tossed salad topped with grilled chicken. We all shared a thin-crust pizza topped with artichoke hearts and other vegetables before heading out to finish the season’s shopping. The menu includes a variety of pizza sizes (including the extra-thin plus gluten-free), new toppings (like the Spicy Potato, the Spicy Potato & Bacon and the Loaded Spicy Potato) panzerotti, salads and more. A slice of extra-thin Margherita is only 120 calories! Perfect antidote for holiday shopping stress.

The Moverio BT-300 features Epson’s cutting edge silicon-based OLED digital display technology, making the device the lightest binocular see-through smart glasses on the market with an OLED display1. Enjoy the ultimate in Augmented Reality thanks to its HD display, and its high contrast for a true see-through experience.

This vivid scent from Joop! smells incredibly fruity and flavoursome (don’t taste it), with what we took as hints of spice and berries mixed in with its prominent orange blossom overtone.

Makes perfect scents 28 October Taking into account the evocative appeal of perfume, a fragrance-infused laundry detergent hardly seems like a novel idea. On the contrary, it smacks of simple logic. Why lather your skin with a sensual aroma to then mask it with a layer of clothing? L’Eaundry combines the two – abiding by the philosophy that luxury should be all-enveloping. Conceived as a high-end laundry detergent for those hard to maintain, expensive fabrics such as silk and cashmere, L’Eaundry enlisted the expertise of distinguished perfumers to further enhance those special items by infusing them with a range of carefully crafted scents. Oriental olibanum summons up warm notes of frankincense and blossom, Asian ginger flower exudes the sharp sweetness of ginger and Scandinavian moss evokes the Nordic countryside, with its earthy base notes of cedar wood and vetiver. Tastefully presented in glass perfume bottles with fabric-inspired labels, L’Eaundry is a laundry detergent that’s far more suited to the dresser than the cleaning cupboard.  Writer: Adam Chapman

Made with 98 per cent concentrated organic beetroot juice and 2 per cent concentrated lemon juice. ‘Beetroot is particularly high in dietary nitrate,’ says its maker.

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In Australia, soft fruit punnets from Canadian manufacturer CKF are being commercialized by the Fresh Berry brand. The Earthcycle punnets are compostable and recyclable and are 95 percent less plastic by weight than traditional PET clamshells. They can be composted at home or easily recycled. The top-sealed punnets use less plastic by weight than traditional PET clamshells. WF

That’s because curcumin is not water soluble, so its molecules clump together in the gut, mak-ing them difficult to absorb into the bloodstream.

Clean meat and put in mixing bowl. Add olive oil, garlic and chopped fresh herbs to veal and mix until well coated.