After a decade of lobbying the government and many promises on behalf of the president, the French restaurant industry has finally been able to significantly reduce its value-added tax...

The British prison service has arguably little to shout about, where overcrowding is a serious problem. One of Her Majesty's prisons however, has added a little bit of star quality to its usual dour interior...

Canadian research team have found evidence to support the idea that being mildly overweight may help with longevity. The study, which followed the mortality of 11,326 adults in Canada over a period of 12 years, found that overweight...

The folks down at the All-England Tennis Club are really no fun when it comes to food. Wimbledon Championship stars such as Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Serena Williams are not allowed to bring in any food from outside into their locker...

By getting larger companies from the food industry on board new projects regarding sustainability and pollution, hopefully great changes can be made. Last week, Nestlé announced it was joining a group investigating the possibilities of bioplastics – biodegradable forms of plastic which are much healthier for...

The debate still rages regarding the overuse of plastic within the food industry and one scientist has revealed that companies have no incentive to use recycled plastic because new plastic comes cheaper...

Londoners have some of the highest living costs in Europe, let alone the UK, and to reflect this the Mayor of London has called upon the hospitality industry to voluntarily adopt the London Living Wage (LLV) for its employees...

Those Locavores have it so easy nowadays! In the States, Locavores – people who eat only locally-produced food – can now pick up their iPhone and ask it what produce is in season locally and what...

Much talk has been flying around about Heston Blumenthal's possibilities for expansion within the restaurant industry, and of late, gossip has surrounded a possible move to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London's Hyde Park...

Another week and yet more pressure is put on the EU's wine regulatory body to shake things up and step into the 21st century. Winemakers in the New World vineyards of California, Australia and New Zealand have been producing wines with lower alcohol...

The Rainbow Grocery store in San Francisco, California has been up and running since the 1970's and has been working under a radical cooperative business model since its inception...

Perhaps Britain is looking for innovative new ways to dispense with its strawberries, which are in-season and extremely yummy at this time of year. The supermarket chain Waitrose has come up with an interesting, if not weird, combination of sausages, strawberries and cream to create its Berry Banger...

Many Australians proudly call vegemite their national treasure and expats long for the taste of that bitter, salty dark spread. Vegemite has been around since 1922 and the recipe has never changed, yet now new American owners Kraft foods have seen fit to...

Teas are one Asiatic treasure that has been cherished for centuries now by the Western world, but we are only just realising the benefits that certain teas can have on our health and wellbeing. Green tea is especially potent and studies show that its power to reduce the risk of developing cancer, heart disease and other maladies is not to be ignored...

According to the LA Lakers basketball star Lamar Odom, candy is a great refueller for before a game and helps him to play better. Odom's problem, though, may be that he doesn't restrict his sweet intake to just before a game, instead he gobbles sweets all day long!...