Food & Drinks

Wine and cheese are a match made in heaven and science agrees
05:13 2017-12-10

Wine and cheese is simply another variation of peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, and bacon and eggs – their flavours are best served together. As it turns out, science agrees. A new study conducted by the Centre for Taste and Feeding Behaviour in France and published in the Journal of Food Science determined …

The secret to making perfect chips at home
04:14 2017-12-10

If you’ve ever tried to make chips at home and failed spectacularly to nail that crispy-yet-fluffy-on-the inside taste that you get at restaurants, we have some fantastic news… It turns out you can create the perfect french fry at home – and there’s surprising secret ingredient that will help you do it, the Mail Online …

How to store wine to stop the cork crumbling
03:10 2017-12-10

There’s nothing worse than sitting down to enjoy a relaxing glass of your favourite vino, only to have the cork break or crumble in the bottle, creating devastating scenes as you try to rescue the bottle from dry cork fragments. But if you want to avoid cork-dust wine, it turns out that storage is more …

Is your child a picky eater? Five ways to make mealtimes fun AND healthy
02:06 2017-12-10

If you have a picky eater at home, you aren’t alone. Almost 50 percent of parents identify their preschoolers as picky eaters. Picky eaters can make mealtimes hectic. Concerns about wasted food and about whether your child is eating enough ‘good’ foods, not too many ‘bad’ foods (or even enough food at all) are common …

Revealed: The 11 foods, backed by science, that will help you sleep better
00:08 2017-12-10

If you suffer from insomnia, nutritional therapist Rick Hay brings you the best foods to help you sleep. People have been using food and herbs traditionally for centuries to help them nod off, from cups of hot milk to chamomile tea. Now, we’re starting to understand the reasons behind some of the foods that help …