Author: Luke Baxter

Luke Baxter

Luke Baxter spent twelve years in broadcast and digital news before going freelance. He started as a runner at a news channel, worked his way to producer, and spent four years as a digital editor at a mid-sized news outlet covering politics, defence, and international affairs. He writes about UK politics, foreign policy, and the current affairs stories that develop over months and break over hours. He prefers primary sources to commentary and considers the distinction increasingly rare. Luke lives in South London. He watches PMQs out of professional obligation and considers it a declining format.

The Whole Foods jalapeño recall has expanded to cover 10 dip products sold across 13 states, as authorities confirm the wider outbreak behind the action has now infected 431 people in 32 states. The affected products include guacamole, salsa, and pico de gallo varieties, with best-before dates that have already passed, raising concern that some consumers may still be holding affected stock in their freezers.Which Products Are Covered by the Whole Foods Jalapeño RecallThe Class I recall covers Whole Foods locations in Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. The 10 affected lines…

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Maintaining a village in adulthood, it turns out, is a different challenge from finding one in the first place. The desire for tight-knit community has become a fixture of online conversation, yet the harder, quieter question, what it actually costs to sustain those bonds across careers, moves, marriages, grief and the ordinary accumulation of busy lives, is the one that tends to go unanswered.Wellness journalist and community builder Yasmine Jameelah, founder of Transparent Black Girl, set out to answer it. She spoke with three women at very different points in adult life: a wife and new mother who recently earned…

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Labor Day deals 2026 are arriving earlier than many shoppers expect, with major brands cutting prices across home, fashion, beauty and tech ahead of the long weekend. According to Forbes, the bank holiday falls on Monday, 7 September, giving retailers a full weekend window to move stock before autumn properly arrives.From organic mattresses to portable carpet cleaners, the range of what is on offer this year is broad. Some sales are already live. Others activate on 2 September, so it is worth bookmarking the brands you want before the weekend rather than scrambling once prices drop.Labor Day Deals 2026: The…

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The Ina Garten and Jennifer Garner friendship very nearly never happened. What is now a decade-long culinary partnership began with an assistant’s refusal, a chance correction, and a birthday dinner that Garner’s friends, by her own admission, still bring up.How the Ina Garten and Jennifer Garner friendship actually startedGarten told Delish Editorial Director Joanna Saltz that her assistant had turned down an initial approach from Garner’s team, who had reached out to arrange lunch or a Barefoot Contessa appearance. When Garten found out, her reaction was immediate. ‘I’m like, “What? You said no to Jennifer Garner?”‘ she recalled.The correction was…

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Wayfair sectional sofa deals are running across ten standout models right now, with discounts reaching 61 per cent on selected lines. Prices start at $490 and stretch to $2,847, covering compact two-piece designs for smaller rooms through to full U-shaped modular configurations wide enough to seat six. The Full Range of Wayfair Sectional Sofa Deals Right Now At the lower end of the price scale, the Wayfair Willa Arlo Interiors Trego 3-Piece Upholstered Sectional sits at $490, reduced from $1,260, a 61 per cent saving. The U-shaped chenille design seats up to four people and is available in seven colourways,…

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Finding family dinner picky eaters will actually enjoy is one of the more persistent challenges of weeknight cooking, and the solution is simpler than it sounds: lean into familiar flavours built on better ingredients. The 14 recipes gathered by Delish do exactly that, taking crowd-pleasing staples like pizza, cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets and giving them enough of a lift to satisfy adults as well as younger, more cautious palates. Clever Upgrades on Family Dinner Picky Eaters Will Recognise The smartest entries on the list use pantry shortcuts as a genuine technique rather than a compromise. The Creamy Ritz Cracker Chicken…

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The Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake recipe from Steel Magnolias requires exactly three ingredients and about 25 minutes in the oven, yet it has lost none of its hold on home bakers more than three decades after the film first charmed audiences. Released in 1989, according to Taste of Home, the film gave the world one of cinema’s most quoted recipes when Dolly Parton’s character, Truvy Jones, recited it from memory.The method is disarmingly simple: a cuppa flour, a cuppa sugar, and a cuppa fruit cocktail, juice included. ‘You don’t even need to write it down,’ Truvy tells the other women…

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The most-saved recipes this week on Delish span every corner of the dinner table, from a Ritz cracker chicken cutlet with a cheddar-Dijon pan sauce to baked pumpkin donuts glazed in maple and dusted with cinnamon sugar. Seven recipes have risen to the top of the weekly list, updated each week to surface what readers are actually cooking and saving.The Most-Saved Recipes This Week, From Weeknight Dinners to Weekend BrunchLeading the round-up are cheesy Ritz cracker chicken cutlets, in which crushed buttery crackers coat the chicken and a cheddar cheese pan sauce with a Dijon flavour finishes the dish. It…

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The Burger King chicken nuggets overhaul officially arrives in restaurants on 1 September, with the chain replacing a product that drew persistent complaints from customers with a larger, juicier version made from 100% white meat chicken and a more adhesive golden breading. The previous nuggets had attracted criticism in direct guest feedback, with diners describing them as ‘rubbery,’ ‘dry,’ and ‘disappointing.’Burger King says the recipe was reworked from the ground up in response to that feedback, touching everything from the marinade and the breading to the packaging, which now presents the nuggets in a box rather than the previous format.Burger…

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