AN ITALIAN BREAKFAST

Emmy Award-winning personality Giada De Laurentiis was born in Rome, and grew up in a large Italian family where the culture of food was a staple in and of itself. The granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada began her professional training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, specialising in both cuisine and pastry,  before returning to Los Angeles to train at the Ritz Carlton Fine Dining Room, and Wolfgang Puck’s Spago in Beverly Hills.

Giada has become one of the Food Network’s most recognisable faces, and her cookbooks include Everyday Italian, Giada’s Family Dinners, and Everyday Pasta, which both became No.1 New York Times best-sellers, and Giada’s Kitchen. For further information, log on to www.giadadelaurentiis.com

Today, something for the weekend:  

• Eggs & Foccaccia with Basil
• Sweet Breakfast Pizza
• Savoury Skewers

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Author and food critic Ruth Reichl visits Mexico with Ian Knauer to discover the secrets of authentic Mexican cooking with Magda Bogin of the Tepoztlan cooking school, Cocinar Mexicano.

Video, courtesy of Gourmet.com

On the Menu:

• Cilantro Soup with Almond Bechamel
•  Squash Blossom Tamales
•  Variety of Fresh Tortillas
• Anchos Rellenos in Tomato Salsa

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Reportedly thirty per cent of shoppers leave a jewellery store saying they’d never return. Targeting the Starbucks and iPad market, Hearts on Fire diamond jewellers are attempting to make buying process more accessible by launching a retail network of hi-tech stores.

Christina Binkley reports on WSJ‘s Lunch Break. To read more, click www.wsj.com

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Go backstage at DKNY to see the beauty look from the Spring 2012 show created by Charlotte Willer, Maybelline New York‘s Global Makeup Artist.

Watch the video to learn how to create the look. Shop the products at www.maybelline.com

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Sarah Burton‘s debut runway collection for McQ Alexander McQueen is one of the most talked about of next season. Watch Net-a-Porter‘s preview.

For the next six days you can privately order Sarah Burton’s McQ Alexander McQueen runway collection exclusively at Net-a-Porter. Your order will be especially made at the Alexander McQueen atelier in Italy and delivered in time for fall. www.net-a-porter.com

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Check THE PULSE daily to see new season fashion daily from the world’s top designers and brands.

Today: Issa Spring/Summer 2012.

Watch the video to see the must-have looks, and take note of our round-up review of the details and items to checklist in your wardrobe edit and update, below.

Shapes: flirty dresses; kaftans; blouson jumpsuits; fitted short sleeve blouses; fitted collarless jackets; wrap dresses; plunging ’70s halter gowns

Colours: coral; turquoise; mint; ice cream hues

Prints: stripes; pineapple, beach and tropical

Fabrics: broderie Anglaise; cotton; jersey; lace; sequins

Details: fringing; scallop edging; buttoning; draped and ruched waists; tiered skirts; two tone fabric edging

Accessories: pastel pink and blue heels

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Issa – Spring Summer 2012 Catwalk Show from Issa London on Vimeo.

Maxime Bilet, Co-author of the Modernist Cuisine, shows you how to cook Salmon Sous Vide in your kitchen sink. Watch the video courtesy of Chow.com

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Food critic and writer Ruth Reichl and chef Dean Fearing visit The Yangshuo Cooking School in China, where Kelly Huang and Leo Wu reveal the secrets and techniques to cooking traditional Chinese food of the region. Video courtesy of Gourmet.com.

On the Menu:

• Yangshuo Snails
• Eggplant Yangshuo Style
• Sweet and Sour Pork
• Tofu and Squash Blossom Pork Dumplings
• Egg-wrapped Chicken Dumplings
• Pork Belly and Taro

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If you’re re-modelling your home or fortunate enough to have bought up a bargain in the property lull, watch this video before you start making plans.

British designer Kelly Hoppen pioneered a simple, yet opulent, style over a design career that spans over 30 years, and has been featured in international magazines and newspapers. As well as designing apartments, houses and yachts, Kelly also undertakes commercial design projects including hotels, restaurants, office spaces and aircraft interiors. In 2009 she received an MBE for services to Interior Design.

Log on to www.kellyhoppenretail.com for further information about her work, design school, and products.

In this short video, Kelly reveals the most important things to think about when designing a home; covering zoning and planning ideas step-by-step.

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