Breaking news
Takeaway food app Deliveroo urges Boris Johnson to restart Eat Out to Help Out scheme in letter co-signed by 300 restaurants in bid to boost hospitality sector after lockdown Itsu and Pizza Hut also signed the letter asking for Eat Out to Help Out extension Groups said that businesses had come under ‘immense financial pressure’ … Read more
Food: Melt our hearts! By Sue Quinn Published: 00:02 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 14 February 2021 Rich, indulgent, delicious… these sumptuous treats from award-winning food writer Sue Quinn are a chocolate lover’s – and Valentine’s Day – dream Salted honey, pear and chocolate tarte tatin Chocolate mousse with sesame honeycomb and … Read more
Hundreds of people formed the ‘largest queue’ ever seen by staff working at a food bank as Covid-19 continues to cause unprecedented levels of food poverty in the UK. London’s Community Kitchen livestreamed people queuing 7ft apart outside the bank in Wembley, West London on Saturday at 11am. The group’s head of outreach Afzal Parkar … Read more
Pubs and restaurants will reportedly be able to serve customers food and alcohol outside from April as ministers continue to plan Britain’s route out of lockdown. The reopening of hospitality is being accelerated in an attempt to boost the struggling sector, a government insider told the Sun. Hospitality had previously been expected to reopen in May, … Read more
Bad experiences with food, like a dodgy curry that makes us ill for days, triggers a switch in our brains that means we never want to eat it again, a study reveals. UK researchers have managed to replicate the effect of a negative experience on eating behaviour, using sugar-loving snails as models in the lab. … Read more
Outrage as hundreds of desperate homeless people are forced to queue in the snow for hot food in Glasgow as temperatures plunged to -14C Shocking photos reveals crowds waiting in line in cold to be fed by soup kitchen Some said it looked like ‘Eastern Europe decimated by years of communist rule’ But charities are … Read more
Caught bread-handed! Moment brazen thief steals freshly-delivered milk and food from family’s doorstep Doorbell-cam footage recorded at 4.25am on residential street in West Sussex Hooded figure can be seen scuttling through snow to snatch up the groceries The crook then hurriedly strides away with the box tucked under their arm By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: … Read more
A food blogger has revealed the shocking differences between ingredients lists in UK and US, foods, showing how American items are laden with artificial flavourings and E-numbers that are banned elsewhere. Vani Hari, who goes by the moniker The Food Babe online, showed the differences between common goods sold on both sides of the Atlantic, … Read more
Nigella Lawson is reportedly set to be an art critic on TV show Grayson’s Art Club. The writer and television chef, 61, is thought to be appearing during Food week and will judge entries sent in by the public, reports The Mirror. It comes eight years after she split from gallery owner ex-husband Charles Saatchi, … Read more
Obesity now kills more people than SMOKING: Weight problems account for more deaths than tobacco as junk food grows more popular than cigarettes, study reveals Data shows percentage of deaths caused by smoking has fallen from 23% to 19% Meanwhile deaths caused by obesity rose from 17.9 to 23.1% in the same period Experts from … Read more