After 125 years, M&S stores to start selling other brands

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:34 GMT

Big brands on the shelves for first time in M&S history
Store outstrips hopes with £298.3m profit in six months
Promotions and £10 meal deals help boost takings

Marks & Spencer is breaking with 125 years of tradition and will start selling...

It's out after 170 years, the secret of Worcestershire Sauce... found in a skip

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:54:26 GMT

Protected: The ingredients of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce have been kept secret for 170 years

It is the secret ingredient of many a homemade meal.

But the precise contents of this tangy relish itself have remained a mystery. Until...

Guinness isn't that good for you, and other dietary myths exposed

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:25:43 GMT

A pint of Guinness contains less than three per cent of the iron we need daily

As an NHS dietician I regularly hear diet myths used to justify eating habits.

Sometimes these notions have a basis in fact, but more often they're based on...

Council workers given advice on how to eat biscuits

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:14:09 GMT

Council workers are given advice on how to eat biscuits safely in the latest example of health and safety rules taken too far.

Published: 10:10AM BST 20 Oct 2009

Council were duped into taking biscuit survey

Boss eats humble pie

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:43:36 GMT

A German boss been forced to eat humble pie after sacking his PA for eating a single meatball from his plate.

Magdalene Happ, who'd worked for the manager for 34 years, couldn't resist a single mouthful from the delicacy she'd prepared for her civil servant boss in Dortmund.

But colleagues reported the 59-year-old secretary for theft and she was sacked...

Tesco promises to end 'misleading' meat labelling

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:32:17 GMT

Tesco has promised to end "misleading" labelling on its meat products, becoming the biggest retailer to declare where all its lamb, pork and chicken comes from.

By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor
Published: 4:22PM BST 21...

Hospital food bingo

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:21:38 GMT

A hospital patient is writing his own bed blog with photos of the meals he is served, asking readers to guess what they are.

The man, 47, who wants to remain anonymous, has been stuck on a ward for 22 weeks after being struck down with a rare bone infection and is currently in traction.

After suffering months of NHS catering he launched a blog calling himself Traction Man to...

13st burger is world's biggest

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:16:51 GMT

The world's biggest burger has been unveiled in the US - weighing in at more than 13 stone.

The enormous meal sells for about £300 at Mallie's Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, Michigan, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Restaurant owner Steve Mallie said it took eight hours to bake the bun big enough to hold the 185lb burger.

"Being in the...

'Thanks, you little f*****': Family horrified after restaurant bill makes clear what waiters thought

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:34:01 GMT

Most parents have experienced their young children getting restless when waiting for a meal in a restaurant.

But not many get the bill at the end of it with a message describing their offspring as a 'little f*****'.

This is what happened to parents Craig and Kimberley Cartin at a Mexican restaurant in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where they received the receipt which had 'Thankyyou littell f*****' written on it.

Boy finds whole potato in his crisp bag

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:36:45 GMT

A little boy, Adam Brazier, was surprised to find a whole potato in his packet of crisps.

Lucy Brazier with her son Adam and the potato found in his bag of...

Pub where you are barred from using your mobile phone

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:58:08 GMT

A pub has stopped drinkers from using mobile phones as part of a crackdown on 'antisocial customers'.

Staff at the Court Inn in Durham order patrons outside if they want to make calls.

Landlord Harry Walker brought in the rule after getting fed up with the racket from customers talking on their mobiles.

'It makes for a very anti-social atmosphere when people use their phones,' he said.

Ben and Jerry's renames ice cream Hubby Hubby in celebration of gay marriage

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:28:51 GMT

Ben and Jerry's has changed the name of one of its best-selling ice creams to Hubby Hubby, in celebration of the legalisation of gay marriage in its home state of Vermont.

By Matthew Moore
Published: 10:08AM BST 02 Sep 2009

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Haribo's MAOAM candy criticised for 'sexual' sweet wrappers

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:58:33 GMT

Haribo's MAOAM sweets have been criticised over characters on wrappers in 'compromising' positions.

By Chris Irvine
Published: 7:00AM BST 27 Aug 2009

Yes, it's OK to play with your food: Father turns lunch into cartoons to encourage fussy son to eat

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:36:56 GMT

Parents across the country will all have endured a frustrating mealtime as a fussy child refuses to eat.

Now one father reckons the answer is not threats or bribery - but cartoon-inspired meals.

Mark Northeast's ideas include a carrot and rocket Finding Nemo clownfish, a ham sandwich caterpillar with a cherry tomato for a head...

World's largest cupcake unveiled in Detroit

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:46:05 GMT

A 4ft cupcake weighing a hefty 1,224lbs has been officially recognised as the world's largest by the Guinness Book of Records.

Published: 8:59AM BST 19 Aug 2009

Giant cupcake: The World's largest cupcake

Fish and chip shop in E.coli outbreak had already been given health warning

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:55:39 GMT

A fish and chip shop at the centre of a suspected E.coli outbreak had already been warned over poor hygiene, it emerged last night.

The Llay Fish Bar was awarded zero stars out of a possible five in a council inspection and given a year to clean up its act.

But, just days before it was due to be reinspected, four customers fell seriously ill after contracting the potentially lethal food poisoning.

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<h1> If you're a Scot, look away now... haggis was invented by the English </h1>
<p>feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:04:34 GMT</p>
<p>For centuries it has been a symbol of Scotland alongside tartan, bagpipes and whisky.</p>

<p>But haggis is actually an English creation, a food historian has discovered.</p>

<p>The claim has sparked a fierce backlash from proud Scots who eat the dish every January to celebrate the poet Robert Burns, who wrote in praise of 'the
great chieftain of the puddin' race'.</p>

<p>Food historian Catherine Brown has found mentions of haggis in an English cooking guide from 1615 which...
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<h1> Organic food has no added nutritional benefit, says Food Standards Agency </h1>
<p>feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:14:49 GMT</p>
<h2>Expensive organic food is no better for you than conventionally-grown farm produce, according to the Government's food watchdog.</h2>

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By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Published: 2:30PM BST 29 Jul 2009

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GM crops being grown in Britain

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:27:29 GMT

Genetically-modified crops are being grown in Britain for the first time in a year after controversial trials of the plants were "secretly" restarted.

By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
Published: 6:45AM BST 27 Jul 2009

Cultivation of a field of potatoes...

Are high energy drinks killing you?

feeds@yuku.com (TBE) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:16:30 GMT

Controversial ... new energy drink 'Cocaine'

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