Food & Drink

Campaigners say marine protected area set up to save UK’s only fan mussels exists merely as a ‘paper park’ New underwater footage taken by environmental campaigners in Scotland has revealed severe damage to marine life and habitats wreaked by scallop ...

Higher obesity risk linked to maternal diet of ultra-processed food is not affected by other lifestyle factors, US researchers say Children of mothers who consume ultra-processed foods such as ready meals, sugary cereals and biscuits are more likely to grow ...

How to make the traditional Levantine lamb mince meatballs in easy-to-follow steps Koftas, a name that comes from the Persian word to grind or finely chop, aren’t just meatballs – you’ll find them made from everything from eggs to fruit ...

As demand for honey slows after the pandemic, stockpiles far exceed the amount usually sold in a year New Zealand is drowning in honey after a boom in beekeeping collided with slowing international demand to create towering stockpiles. Over the ...

Our cooks say you can use up that residual heat for baking, roasting, drying out bread and herbs, toasting nuts – or just to warm plates • Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com I don’t want to waste the residual ...

UN special rapporteur praises step in right direction but says ‘structural inequality is underlying cause of hunger’ The White House hunger conference last week was a step in the right direction but missed a chance to address the systemic causes ...

Seasonal green veg with bright flavours and crispy crumbs A side dish for the autumn, but also a good one for serving with soft polenta. First make the crumbs: tear apart 60g of coarse-textured fresh bread and put it in ...

It’s golden, it’s sticky and it’s souffle-like. There’s no better way to start the weekend than with this Spanish-inspired pudding. Torrijas are the Spanish equivalent of eggy bread. Earlier this year, while in Madrid, I had a version that used ...

Nestlé says change after 86 years will keep 2bn wrappers a year out of landfill Quality Street’s multicoloured confectionery will now all be a bit more green – or that is the hope – as the foil and plastic wrappers ...

There’s something to please everyone in this Sicilian holy trinity of breadcrumbs, aubergines and bubbling bechamel over pasta Anna was a maths professor at Palermo university and she had three children. The eldest, Giacomo, shared her love of numbers and ...