Hamburgers, chicken, snacks, pizzas, sandwiches, donuts, smoothies. What’s not to like? That’s why the global fast food market size is $860 billion, […]

Every coffee lover eventually reaches the point where their morning mug just isn’t enough. If you’ve come to this stage, it’s time […]

When you drop a piece of food on the floor, is it really OK to eat if you pick up within five […]

‘Let us adore and drink!’ A brief history of wine and religion In a letter to the Abbe Morellet in 1779, Benjamin […]

Nearly all wine is made from cultivars of only one species of grape, the Vitis vinifera grape. From this species about 4,000 […]

Just a pinch of it and it’s worth it. We’re talking salt here. Used throughout human history, mentioned often in the Bible, […]

In the Middle Ages, sugar was a treasured luxury costing 9 times as much as milk. Ironically, now that sugar is plentiful, […]

Bless him, the man who invented peanut butter. No-one knows his (or her) name simply because although the making of peanut butter […]

Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit after tomatoes. In western countries, they could account for 3% of a grocer’s total sales. […]

Freezing is one of the easiest, most convenient, and least time-consuming methods of preserving foods. Freezing does not sterilize foods; the extreme […]