Never barbecue burgers: the surprising culinary advice of one of the world’s best chefs
David Chang has two Michelin stars and intriguing views on how to cook everything from mac and cheese to lobsterName: David Chang.Age: 45. Continue reading…
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Crumb of comfort? Dorset baker wins £15k after being sacked for holey bread
Employment tribunal rules that while Artur Piaszczynski’s loaves may have been inconsistent, he wasn’t given specific targetsThe head baker at a 300-year-old artisan bread shop in a Dorset seaside town has been awarded more than £15,000 after being sac…
‘It’s pretty much a second child’: Nakkiah Lui on family, finger limes and her new food podcast
Writer and playwright talks about cooking rabbit stew with her mother and passing First Nations’ food knowledge to her daughterGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIn the opening episode of Nakkiah Lui’s latest podcast First Eat, we hear three ge…
‘A symbol of what humans shouldn’t be doing’: the new world of octopus farming
Plans for the world’s first commercial octopus farm are well advanced – just as science discovers more about this curious, intelligent and affectionate animal. Can it be done ethically?The sterile boardroom, much of it taken up by a lengthy white table…
The pandemic pie peak has passed but we’re far from the demise of an Australia classic
Consumption of meat pies has fallen back to pre-Covid levels, reflecting a return to normal patterns rather than a long-term crisis, experts sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s favourite foods,…
Head chef at Britain’s best restaurant verbally abused me, diner claims
Donna Southby says cook Gareth Ward at Ynyshir in Wales appeared to challenge her husband to a fightIt was supposed to be the dinner of a lifetime at a restaurant last week anointed Britain’s best. But instead of finishing with a sweet flourish of bana…
Investigation reveals UK’s freshest and least fresh online groceries
Shoppers for consumer group Which? ordered 1,800 items to test the average shelf life at six retailersFrom out-of-date frankfurters to bashed brie, online food shopping can be a lottery, especially when it comes to the groceries’ shelf life, according …
Lima’s Central restaurant named world’s best in boost for Peruvian cuisine
Peruvian eateries have been a fixture in top 50 list for close to a decade and now one has claimed the crownWhile Peru’s archeology heritage began in the 20th century to attract millions of tourists to locations such as Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines…
USDA allows lab-grown meat to be sold to US consumers
Approval means US becomes second country in the world, after Singapore, to allow sale of meat grown from animal cellsLab-grown meat will be able to be sold to US consumers for the first time, with the federal government granting permission for two sepa…
UK supermarket supplier’s chickens given antibiotics critical for humans
Investigation of meat sourced by Polish firm that sells frozen poultry to Lidl, Asda and Iceland raises superbug concernsA major supplier of chicken to UK supermarkets is sourcing birds dosed with antibiotics “critical to human health”, according to a …