Food and Drink

Using filtered water, grinding your own beans and buying good quality milk have been revealed as the best ways to make the perfect coffee at home. According to new research the average Brit will guzzle down 676 cups of coffee a year, with most parting with £303 a year on the caffeinated treat. But with many of us worrying about the impact disposable coffee cups are having on the environment a drive to brew more coffee at home looks to be on...

Bioactive compounds found in cocoa can improve blood pressure, cholesterol and arterial stiffness

Thanks to the efforts of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the importance of Día de los Muertos was recognised in 2008, added to the organisation’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. As a result, the festival –meaning ‘Day of the Dead’ in English – has seen increased global popularity, now acknowledged worldwide. Originated thousands of years ago with the Aztec, Toltec and other Nahua people, who considered mourning disrespectful, Day of the Dead is a celebration...

A cafe has unveiled the world's first vegan sandwich - made with IRN BRU. The sarny is served on toasted sourdough with rocket, cheese and pickles. Its barbecue sauce is made from pulled jackfruit and mushrooms - roasted in Irn Bru. The sandwich also comes with side-salad, air-fried chips or mac and cheese. Glaswegians have been flocking to try the £6.50 sandwich at the Serenity Now Cafe, Glasgow. Amelia Sulhunt, 35, head chef, said: "We take a lot of inspiration...

Wartime Britain saw the development of a “circular economy”, designed to save precious resources.  Now, researchers at the University of Huddersfield argue there is an urgent need to develop a modern equivalent, to help eliminate supermarket food waste. They claim that cities and regions can reduce the burden of waste if they encourage circular thinking as a way of distributing unsold food, but central government policy lags behind the developments in technology that would enable it. The researchers have also...

The holidays are coming, and people who love to bake for their loved ones are thinking of the right tools for making those holiday treats. The right baking tools not only help make sweets and savories delicious but make them easier to cook. Here are the top 10: 1.Mixers A cook should have both hand and standing mixers. Standing mixers are a must have if the cook loves to whip up cakes, cookies and other desserts. An electric hand mixer is the...

The surveillance capital of the UK will have one of the pie shops for staff.

According to recent YouGov Omnibus research, beef is generally regarded as Britain’s favourite centrepiece meat for roast dinners. (33 per-cent of participants favoured roast beef, followed by roast chicken at 27 per cent). It’s thus unsurprising that the Sunday roast at the new Beef and Brew in Haggerston has quickly garnered much attention. Following the launch of a cosy Kentish Town restaurant in 2015, the team behind Beef & Brew opened their second site during the summer, taking over the...

An irritated passenger is urging airlines to provide better food for vegans after she was stuck on-board with just “crisps and nuts” on a seven-hour transatlantic flight. Trilby Harrison had received a confirmation email from tour operator Gotogate assuring her that vegan meals would be provided on her Thomas Cook flight from Manchester to New York last week. But when all the passengers were served their meals, flight attendants told her that her vegan meal didn’t make it on-board. To make matters worse, Thomas Cook repeated...