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While on the elimination diet, try to avoid hanging on to a few favourite foods and eating only those. The Allergy Handbook
My favourite it the Magpie- my friend made a film about them a couple of years ago and i'm in it saying 'they're like English parrots don't you think?' and then going on to show how I think they have really great bums that you just want to squoosh your face in. It's a Giveaway!!!!
I had a full a la carte menu to choose from, freshly cooked meats, chilled lasagne (a favourite) and cakes of every description.
According to that scenario, Stepashin was the great favourite.
However, O'Kane's favourite pastime is hillwalking in the Wicklow hills.

I record my favourite songs onto blank tapes to play in the car and I normally do them by mood or genre.
The favourite for the interdominion grand final will be decided by Monday's barrier draw.
A Roman favourite is maccheroni alla carbonara, a ham and egg mixture with a creamy sauce.
At the beginning of summer the young steinbocks are born and during their first months they are the eagle's favourite preys.
Coming back from a child-free brunch at our favourite cafe earlier today, A asked me if I regretted his getting a vasectomy. November « 2009 « oh frabjous day!
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 first signs of spring - centre piece of the month february pick whatever flowers you get at the supermarket to make this little basket filled with flowers. ranunculus are my favourites and available all over the place at the moment, so i chose to put them into this flowery centrepiece. the orchid is quite fancy but you just really need one to pimp this up (and it keeps for ever!). a rose or two, some ivy and green leaves from the forest and you are all set. to get started line a basket with some foil and trim on the edges. soak some floral foam in water and place in the basket, when soaked wet (can be really, really wet - it will have to work as a vase to the flowers), eventually cut and trim the floral on the edges, so that it resembles an arch. trim flowers and green leaves and stick into pot. start doing so on the bottom of foam, working upwards until you have an even flowery centrepiece. make sure foam stays moist - adding some water from time to time. Archive 2008-02-01
In the tome, full of glamorous soft-focus pictures of the footballer, he waxes lyrical about the art of seduction, with fish his favourite weapon for luring girlfriends from the dining room to the boudoir.
His favourites are biographies of sixties and seventies musicians, and pop and rock stars.
However this game can be tricky at the best of times and lo an behold the favourite was crowded out at this stage being put back to near last.
It is closely related to its more favourite cousin the melon.
For a squeamish diary writer it was enough to send me to the editor's well-stocked drinks cabinet for a nip of his favourite barley wine.
Nonetheless, with two wins and two second places in his last four tournaments, he remains favourite to capture the money title.
When asked to name their favourite dish, most shoppers opted for the traditional British favourite fish and chips over pizza, paella, or frankfurters.
My favourite character was Pedro, Napoleon's Hispanic friend, whose quiet manner and woebegone expression were constant throughout the film.
This instrument is a favourite tool of the armed forces and mountain climbers all over the world.
Choose the frame with your favourite icon, then reduce the frame number by 1 and input the hex-based result here.
My favourite variety of thresher is miscanthus, otherwise known as elephant grass. Times, Sunday Times
United will be very strong favourites to win this cup and a strong man would bet against them.
Finally we were outside and he was walking beside me in his favourite cloak that made him look like a captain, something he had always wanted to be and his wide brimmed hat with the feather plume.
Lawson's ‘The Teams’ is still one of my favourite poems - partly because I know how accurate was Lawson's description of the taciturn, hard-working teamsters.
Now he aimed and fired, lying "doggo" behind his favourite stone, while bullets from the enemy's trenches flattened themselves upon it, or buried themselves harmlessly in the dry hot soil. The Dop Doctor
Hubert in particular was recalling times past when Patricia had behaved less than honourably towards his favourite cousin.
They must be firm favourites now to win the Championship. Kevin Keegan - Black and White
Everyone must be familiar with the old favourite among roses, Crystal Palace.
The tactful use of his skills and a clear understanding of the game have made this young man an instant favourite with the crowds in an alien land.
It is one of the oldest pubs in the country and a favourite haunt of the rich and famous who mingle with the locals over a pint - or a royal gin and tonic.
Apparently his favourite fish is carp. The Sun
SPAIN is still our favourite destination. The Sun
Then he would eat his favourite food by picking off choice meat off of the bone of extra rare chicken tikkas.
So each week we ask our favourite male celebs to share their must-have stylish buys. The Sun
Two initiatives have been announced today to ensure drinkers are aware that their favourite tipples are getting bigger and stronger.
An old favourite was dusted down and given another airing. Times, Sunday Times
It now embraces most text formats, email messages and HTMLs, multimedia files, web browser histories, bookmarks and favourites.
She is also unafraid of speaking out on her favourite causes.
Off to the Charity Ball is a firm favourite, with its livid pastels against bright white, the skulking figures throwing dark, tactile shadows onto the projecting shelf below.
It features all six films, all your favourite characters and all the classic scenes made out of the tiny bricks. The Sun
The lamp, standing alone in the midst of confusion, suffered a partial eclipse; and my favourite Dublin meerschaum successfully resisted the dilapidating effect of a fall of several feet. Canada for Gentlemen
Having successfully relocated the bridge, there's no job too big for the nation's favourite brickies.
Alicia returned her attentions to the mirror and slipped her favourite pearl drop earrings into her lobes.
A local Burmese solidarity group wants you to think twice about the country of origin of your favourite soporific.
It is notoriously pungent, extremely powerful and a favourite at Chinese banquets. Times, Sunday Times
As John Carter has observed, such attempts at definition are a favourite game among bibliophiles.
Crimson is her favourite color.
The William Haggas-trained filly was sent off favourite on her debut in a maiden race at Salisbury, but ran green and only got going late before being narrowly beaten into third.
If home ‘advantage’ has any credibility, then Shannon must be firm favourites.
Our favourite restaurant was closed, so we had to go elsewhere.
Every mom has a favourite quote and a special tone to or teach a lesson to their kids.
Alternatively, you could fill the basket with his favourite foods or toiletries.
Three of my favourite shows have been by mime or clowning acts. Times, Sunday Times
On what we have seen so far he's a worthy favourite. The Sun
Luxury bed linen and towels are also favourites. Times, Sunday Times
Upon arriving at Scootypoof's place, I was really pleased to be greeted by Popeye the boxer dog and one of his favourite toys.
If he has a favourite tipple it's vintage champagne. Times, Sunday Times
Irrespective of how the pundits call this one - I suspect they may install Longford as slight favourites - the ordinary Sligo fan will expect a win.
The big summer drink plus ice cream equals our new favourite summer pudding. Times, Sunday Times
A large red heart with the figure of a female nude scratched on the surface, was a favourite of his fiancée and was painted shortly after he met her.
[FN#488] The fabliau is a favourite in the East; this is the third time it has occurred with minor modifications. Arabian nights. English
Judi's favourite colour is pink.
They relax with a lot of skiing, the favourite off-bike way of keeping fit.
Over scalloped potatoes and roast beef, Gabriella's favourite meal, Elaine's mother asked, ‘So, James, what do you do for a living?’
Early spring colour My favourites have definitely got to be those which flower early in January and February.
The critical evaluations of a favourite work by four Irish art critics are both informative and entertaining.
I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favourite doll.
My absolute favourite canned soup, though, is made with chickpeas. Times, Sunday Times
One of my favourite dishes is this fishy recipe. The Sun
One of my favourites, this is a light hearted piece inspired by a chance encounter at a private party with a man then at the height of his power in the country; I was fascinated beyond words by the effect he had on the would-be urbane and aspiringly sophisticated! Archive 2007-05-01
His whole life was lived at the mercy of the second favourite planet.
On our way from school in spring, a favourite pastime was to set fire to clumps of furze that grew in fields along the road.
The rebrand is a bid by BBC management to expand the awareness of its digital stations, with extended versions of Radio 4 favourites such as The Now Show and The News Quiz, and Archers spin-off Ambridge Extra. Chris Evans loses half a million listeners from Radio 2 breakfast show
( "Is linked to" is my favourite non-specific innuendo, followed by "associated with," but "ties" is effective as well.) Rights and Democracy: Board members strike back
This delicious trick for roasting parsnips is a firm favourite with my family and friends. Times, Sunday Times
Most beginners heap their plate with two or three of their favourite items, and soon find that they have no appetite for several of the exotic dishes.
The title of this article came to me while watching one of my all-time favourite films with my young son.
We all know Cyprus is a favourite domicile for businesses controlled by Russian oligarchs. Times, Sunday Times
It's my favourite album of the year by miles and miles.
On the Downbelows' debut, Toronto punk vets (ex-members of Trigger Happy, Tirekickers, et al.) gang together for an ode to their favourite rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood.
It was famously sung in the trenches of the First World War by Welsh regiments to keep their spirits up, and it's a firm favourite with Welsh rugby crowds.
Our national walk survey shows the coast is our favourite walking terrain.
She was also famous among friends for going into the kitchen and preparing her favourite dishes, including fried caribou or clam chowder.
He's been in fashion, he's been out of fashion, he's been a jazz-rock drummer, a prog-rock singer and a housewives' favourite. Times, Sunday Times
He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature.He really laid it on with a trowel.
They were fond of perfumes, and their delightful ottar was the principal favourite. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829
Among my favourites, from two platefuls, were pork in black bean sauce, the chilli spare ribs, the char sui in Cantonese sauce and the chicken wings in garlic sauce.
Today, in the absence of a real fans' favourite, Reyna may find himself handed an important role.
He was my favourite thing and the universe took him from me. Times, Sunday Times
My mother, being a superhero in disguise, has decorated the house up all beautifully and put together an amazing spread of all my favourite foods. (shrimp, Brie cheese and other yummies).
Venice is another favourite eating place of mine. Times, Sunday Times
By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
I undid the paper and stuffed in Dinky cars, Transformers and some of my favourite Star Wars figures.
Residents -- whether for the purposes unblushingly avowed by that sometime favourite of the stage, Mr. Eccles, or for the reasons less horrifying to the United Kingdom Alliance -- found themselves more at home in "Caesarea" than in "Sarnia," and the "five-pounder," as the summer tripper was despiteously called by natives, liked to go as far as he could for his money, and found St. Helier's "livelier" than A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
Always an Irish favourite, Justin is equally at home playing pumping house as funky techno and always rocks the party.
My favourite episode consisted of Bill Odie dressed in breeches and a flat cap wielding a black pudding ... well just hitting people with the black pudding in a demonstration of the ancient martial art of 'ecky thumph'. If You Only Knew the Power of the Dumb Side....
He is parked in an alley across from the London hotel, one of his favourite haunts. Times, Sunday Times
History is my favourite subject at school.
But including a bottle of my favourite tipple in my make-up kit is a new one on me. The Sun
In January 2009, Gordon Brown submitted a recipe for rumbledethumps to a cookbook for Donaldson's School for the Deaf, describing it as his favourite food Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
I get the feeling that yellow and lilac are your favourite colours.
My favourite childhood object was my toy gun. Times, Sunday Times
The Irish are red-hot favourites after winning their first three matches while Wales are fighting to avoid the wooden spoon after losing to Italy, Scotland and England.
Father always fetches the conversation round to his favourite subject.
Football may not yet (fingers crossed) be about to lose one of its favourite sons to retirement. Times, Sunday Times
History is my favourite subject at school.
This is a favourite haunt of buskers and artists, hanging out amid the theatres and restaurants in a manner reminiscent of Paris.
His favourite is to take the city slickers out to see the Northern Lights.
A favourite word of Spanish speakers when writing English is obtention, which they think ought to be the English for obtención, and is formed in a perfectly regular way by adding -tion to obtain. False Friends | Linguism
I remember the first time that I decided I was going to cook dinner for a guy, and it was my High School sweetheart, and I was 16, so I decided to cook his favourite dish, which was chicken cacciatore.
A lady of gentle and quiet disposition, Mary Ellen was a firm favourite throughout the local rural community where she commanded great regard and respect.
Carn Mor Dearg lies on the eastern arm of the horseshoe ridge that includes Ben Nevis and is a favourite with scramblers who climb ‘The Ben’.
After all, champagne and cava are two of my favourite things, and I've been assured that they've got it in abundance at the party.
Peter has now set up an online poll on his site, asking you to vote for your favourite.
Thomisids are among the favourite prey of insectivorous birds and other invertebrates.
Red is her favourite tipple, and the more alcoholic the better.
One of my favourite dishes is something a Cuban guy taught me in prison. Times, Sunday Times
Their favourite was the rose, followed by hellebores, peonies, clematis, magnolias, lilies, euphorbias, primulas, snowdrops, geraniums.
The durian is a favourite fruit with most people who can overcome its smell, which certainly is no very easy matter. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.
The tubby volunteers will eat low-calorie food prepared by a celebrity chef, work out three times a day, and try to avoid the ‘temptation fridge’ containing all their favourite fattening snacks.
Britain's favourite piano player and master of ceremonies of music television uses it for his own albums and sometimes also hires it out.
Bob and Harvey Weinstein are favourites in a three-way battle to buy the film studio they founded in 1979 from Disney Hollywood takes a safe bet for 2011 with the year of the repeat
United are hot favourites to win the championship.
The bookmakers are offering only short odds on the favourite.
Cold leftover potatoes, sliced and then lightly fried are a family favourite. Times, Sunday Times
The UK's favourite food has changed from fish and chips to chicken tikka masala - an Anglo-Indian hybrid.
Watch out all this week for more giveaways from all your favourite stores. The Sun
Duane Eddy is John Peel's all-time favourite artist.
Despite this, the work is a must for all Williams fans for its presentation of his favourite characters - the Southern belle and the ne'er-do-well male - in their most archetypical form.
There are several different varieties and are a favourite of sport fishermen in those areas.
The only time a look of disbelief crosses his face is when a museum attendant shows off his favourite painting. Times, Sunday Times
But where O'Connor subjects her characters' actions to a rigorous moral investigation, Means tends either to pull back to a remote, bird's-eye view a favourite trope is to lay out a sort of mini-encyclopedia of possible interpretations of the event in question, as offered by professors, news commentators, and so on or, more commonly, to aestheticise it. The Spot by David Means – review
Favourite spots for sneaked assignations are empty classrooms, deserted corridors and overgrown lots.
The menu includes favourites such as souvlaki, gyros, spanakopita, dolmathes and, of course, desserts.
Going to the theatre is one of my favourite hobbies. The Sun
Burn your favourite songs or your important files onto CDs.
Manchester United and Arsenal were the pre-season favourites.
I love those ttrees, the silver (?) on burgundy is my favourite! Lovely children
The old musty books are my favourite. The Sun
Rose picked up her secateurs and had soon filled the old gardening trug with her favourite off white old roses. JUST BETWEEN US
I admire all my three sons-in-law highly, " said he. "Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's.
That is a perennial weakness of princes - a penchant for false-hearted favourites.
If anyone is having trouble coming to terms with the loss of their favourite level of fat content, we can recommend mixing half a litre of unskimmed milk with half a litre of the skimmed variety to obtain the desired fat content.
Nurse Jamieson had got on a favourite topic, and would have expatiated long enough, for she was a professed admirer of masculine beauty, but there was something which displeased the boy in her last simile; so he cut the conversation short, by asking whether she knew exactly how much money his grandfather had left with Dr. Gray for his maintenance. The Surgeon's Daughter
Despite this, the work is a must for all Williams fans for its presentation of his favourite characters - the Southern belle and the ne'er-do-well male - in their most archetypical form.
Willem's favourite meals to make are anything traditionally South African, from braais to potjies and spits.
Although chick peas are classic for hummus, any canned bean will convert into a delicious purée for dipping toasted pitta, flat bread or raw vegetables; my own favourite is made from butter beans.
A favourite rhetorical device is the appearance of emphatically real-world items in unexpected places. The Times Literary Supplement
Flot, derived from the French _flottant_, floating; and jet, from the verb _jeter_, to _throw up_; both used in seignoral rights, granted by kings to favourites, empowering them to take possession of the property of any man who might happen to be unfortunate, which was in those times tantamount to being guilty. Newton Forster The Merchant Service
He had his favourites, guaranteed to tempt the wariest of fish. LOST SUMMER
However, in terms of publicity, the video has already been viewed 673,641 times and been "favourited" by viewers 368 times.
He always savoured the chance to quash interviewers with one of his favourite put-downs: ‘Please desist from your perfervid questioning.’
Like geeky music snobs sneering as their favourite indie band climbs the charts, they view success as a sign of impurity, popularity as poison.
Of course, if nature has not been kind, a wig, dyeing or maybe even a snip here or there could help you to look more like your favourite character.
Shaw – being the maverick painter in the pack, and a popular favourite – will surely win the big prize, though, with his views of nowhere places, meticulously and perversely rendered in the unwieldy and super low-tech medium of model aeroplane kit makers' Humbrol enamels. This week's new exhibitions
The children's favourite proved too much for many Essex party-goers, forcing the ambulance service to issue a warning to others thinking of hiring the inflatables.
My favourite thing is the smell of jerk chicken.
And even if there is a line, it's always fun to watch - or even participate in - another favourite Italian sport: queue-jumping.
As a bullfighter he had little natural grace, and limited ability, but he brought such pluck and valor to the corrida and became a favourite matador of Andalusia, of which Sevilla is the capital.
Here the Robin trilled out a few of his favourite notes, but the Tortoise soon interrupted him. Parables From Nature
Torie and Erik, creamy garlic is my favourite too. Skinny Dipping
So, with all the votes in, which iconic vehicle have you crowned as your all-time favourite movie car?
Murray also can laugh at himself, as was revealed in his Comic Relief appearance last week, when he was confronted by a snotty-nosed kid who told him: Yeah, you're my fourth favourite tennis player. Britain's Andy Murray looking like the Hamlet of tennis after latest loss | Kevin Mitchell
Firstly, users have problems managing their favourites, and in particular accessing their favourites through a hierarchical menu.
A favourite sideman of Charles Mingus in the early 1960s, Ervin went on to form one of contemporary jazz's great quartets and recorded a series of seminal albums including The Freedom Book and The Space Book.
Favourite backers got off to a flying start when Irish banker Like-A-Butterfly won the Cheltenham Festival opener.
Here and there came a stream of warm light through an open door, and within, the Mongolians were gathered round the gambling-tables, playing fan-tan, or leaving the seductions of their favourite pastime, to glide soft-footed to the many cook-shops, where enticing-looking fowls and turkeys already cooked were awaiting purchasers. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
There is a Japanese station with Miso soup, assorted sushi and sashimi (and Miss Terry's favourite wasabe) as well as sukiyaki, yakisoba and tempura.
My favourite subjects were maths, biology and chemistry. Times, Sunday Times
Ooooo, geo-tagging, a scrumptious calendar (already mocked up, but needs refining), more Ajax (yay!), a personalized saved search page, fun and easy ways to share and add favourites and a really great way to 'drill down' (that's what I call it, but it's more like 'refine' - needs refinement) your results. Hillary Duff Cant Wait for Riya's Mac Uploader
He was a particular favourite of mine when I was writing diary columns.
Fred had three favourite Pronto Pasta pasta dishes, all of which still remain as part of the menu.
They must be firm favourites now to win the Championship. Kevin Keegan - Black and White
And Nakula, the favourite of his brothers taught by Drona, became known as a skilful warrior and a great car-warrior (Ati-ratha). The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
He insisted he would never become a high-maintenance pop star, but now says his favourite food when eating out is foie gras pate, Chateaubriand steak and sorbet, washed down with champagne.
Of the 42 books of the Bible that Shakespeare drew upon, Ecclesiasticus and Job seem to have been his favourites.
Expect all your favourite carols. The Sun
This is an old favourite on Irish menus, and was well delivered, especially with the interesting anise note from the tarragon.
The trio perform jazz favourites from Dixieland to ragtime, boogie woogie and swing.
Rob smarmed his way through a ghastly cover of my primary-school favourite song, 1927's ‘If I could.’
Back in 1971, the mercurial Alex Murphy pulled off a minor miracle when unfancied Leigh toppled red-hot favourites Leeds to win the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
but Hulu does not air my favourite TV shows, I have to go to these websites and then their episodes aren't closed captioned, which is frustrating. Hulu Looking for Revenue Options, May Charge for Older Episodes from Popular Shows | /Film
Think about a 1.5m clump of your favourite tickseed instead of the 60cm it is now. Times, Sunday Times
Mr Brett said he was upset with the damage to the west window, which depicts the life of St John the evangelist, because it was one of his favourites.
Next day I discovered that in my hasty exit I left my favourite belt behind.
If you'd like to see this generic mode return to FreshTags, please lobby delicious to turn feeds/json/tag/* back on, or persuade your favourite bookmarker to go JSON, or even offer to host ejohn's rss2json yourself! Archive 2006-02-01
Copycat journalists amplified this dubious academic research by claiming that teenage murderers were duplicating their favourite violent scenes.
The current favourite among the newer generation of stars, Kapoor with a toss of her well shaped head pooh-poohs any suggestions of being the ‘dumb blonde’.
Everyone has a favourite book as a child, the book that they can read over and over again year after year, yet never tire of.
One of my favourite fantasies is to have clean, fresh-air-dried sheets, and starched and ironed pillowcases and duvet cover, every day.
The survey found Britain's favourite curry is chicken tikka masala. The Sun
Actor Richard E Grant and newsreader Fiona Bruce are two of the famous names who will try to persuade viewers to vote for their favourite architectural treasure.
There is an interview with my favourite tenor in Classical Singer Magazine.
Standing over the Sunday roast with all those expectant faces is my favourite moment of the week. The Sun
New seasonal selections are added throughout the year; offering a variety of both traditional favourites, as well as more adventurous dishes.
Use over your favourite lipstick to add extra gloss.
His high-crowned grey hat lay on the floor, covered with dust, but encircled by a carcanet of large balas rubies; and he wore a blue velvet nightcap, in the front of which was placed the plume of a heron, which had been struck down by a favourite hawk in some critical moment of the flight, in remembrance of which the king wore this highly honoured feather. The Fortunes of Nigel
These animals have fed only on the finest tropical fruits (mangoes and breadfruit are their favourites).
One of his favourite gambits on the stump is: ‘I used to be a prizewinning actor.’

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