When Vladimir Putin wore a puffer jacket costing 25 times the average monthly salary in Russia to a pro-war rally, his choice was about a lot more than just warmth.
Thirty years ago tiramisu was an obscure dish – but now it is on Italian menus everywhere. 1843 digs in to the history behind the dessert that has charmed us all
The “pick me up” pudding
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Tiramisu is meant to be an Italian classic. The truth is more complicated
Eggnog is a childhood indulgence—liquid dessert, made of everything you’d put into a cake, except the flour.
A Few Words in Praise of Eggnog
It’s a holiday cocktail, and it’s a dessert; if deployed correctly, it’s a life-saving elixir. Regardless of the exact recipe, it is more than the sum of its parts.
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Men are more into professional self-puffery than women, a study of science articles suggests
puffer noun [C] (COAT)
In everyday language, puffery refers to exaggerated or false praise.[1] In law, puffery is a promotional statement or claim that expresses subjective rather than objective views, which no "reasonable person" would take literally.[2] Puffery serves to "puff up" an exaggerated image of what is being described and is especially featured in testimonials.
Puff piece is an idiom for a journalistic form of puffery: an article or story of exaggerating praise that often ignores or downplays opposing viewpoints or evidence to the contrary.
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In a legal context, the term originated in the 1892 English Court of Appeal case Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company, which centred on whether a monetary reimbursement should be paid when an influenza preventive device failed to work. The manufacturers had paid for advertising stating that £100 would be paid in such circumstances then failed to follow this promise. Part of their defence was that such a statement was "mere puff" and not meant to be taken seriously. While the defence ultimately lost the case, the principle was confirmed that certain statements made by advertisers that were obviously not made in a serious manner could be exempt from usual rules relating to promises in open contracts.
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