The call for action comes amid scares over egg contamination across Europe and follows the FSA’s announcement yesterday that a small number of the eggs, potentially containing traces of the pestici
The world’s first commercially available non-dairy ice cream was Chill-Zert, launched in the US in 1951. However, the first recipe for dairy-free ice cream dates from 1899 and used almond milk.
The 99 Flake is the UK's favourite ice cream, but do you know how it got its name? In the days of the monarchy in Italy the King had an elite guard consisting of 99 soldiers.
During the plague, doctors wore masks filled with juniper berries to ward off the disease.
During WW2 the British Special Operations Executive deployed garlic flavoured chocolate bars distributed to spies behind enemy lines in Spain with the hope that the smell on their breath would help
Next time someone tells you off for drinking too much alcohol, remind them that there are 13 minerals that are essential for human beings to survive and all of them can be found in alcohol.
During construction of the Oxo Tower, permission was denied to feature illuminating signs of the stock cube company’s name because of a ban on skyline advertising on London’s Southbank.
Scientists have helped us make huge gains in crop yields over the last 60 years.
Did you know microwaving is the best way to cook vegetables, as it results in the least amount of vitamin loss? Boiling results 35% of vitamin loss; steaming in 20% and microwaving in just 10%.
Tour de France cyclists burn 8,000 calories a day, and the secret food of choice in the saddle is ricecakes – not dry, shop-bought ones, but moist, dense cooked rice balls fortified with cream chee