After outrage in the UK about the skyrocketing cost of a scoop, how does the rest of the world compare?The cost of two ice-cream cones topped with bubble gum has famously risen to £9 in some parts of the UK. With inflation rampant in several countries around the world, is the price of cooling down on a hot day creeping up globally? Continue reading...

The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027Ultra-processed foods are ultra bad for you. Here’s what to knowStep into a grocery store in France and you’re liable to see a green, yellow or red score on the front of most packaged foods: a green “A” for the healthiest, a red “E” for the least...

A growing number of grocery-store foods, from fruit-flavored yogurts to packaged bread, are being tied to health concernsWhat are those weird ingredients in our favorite packaged foods?Shopping for yogurt, bread and granola bars might feel like a healthy decision. The dairy seems like a calcium-boosting choice for kids, the whole-grain bread looks better...

From maltodextrin to guar gum, these additives are found in 73% of the US food supply – and are linked to health impactsThe US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end?If you’ve glanced at a nutrition label lately, you may have found yourself stumbling trying to pronounce ingredients like carboxymethyl cellulose...

Even the English Breakfast Society has welcomed the ‘baozi’ as supermarket chains feed off interest in world foodThe origin of bao buns, or baozi, goes back as far as third-century China. The legend goes that a military strategist used the wheat buns instead of human heads as a peace offering to a god for safe passage. The deity fell in love with the...

In this extract from her memoir, A Woman’s Place Is in the Kitchen, Sally Abé recalls the job she had to leave • Read the interview with Sally Abé‘You’ll never amount to anything, young lady.” These are words that no one, no matter what industry they are in, ever wants to hear. If you’re a chef, it’s likely someone will have screamed them in your face...