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Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago
Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of ...
Mongolia finds China can be too close for comfort
After years of testy debate, Mongolia broke ground this spring for a railroad that will haul coal across the pebbled Gobi desert to China, but with ...
Vandals dump prized vats of Italy's Brunello wine
Suspected vandals have dumped almost the entire 2007-2012 production of one of Italy's most sought-after wines — the limited edition Soldera Brunello ...
Spain's elBulli restaurant to sell wine cellar
Spain's famed chef Ferran Adria on Saturday said the contents of the wine cellar of his former restaurant, elBulli, will be auctioned off next year ...
Dutch govt scraps 'weed pass' for coffee shops
Dope-selling coffee shops in Amsterdam won't be shutting their doors to foreign visitors any time soon, a huge relief to the hundreds of thousands of ...
American Michael Ellis leads French Michelin guide
Something new is in the stars for the Michelin Guide — the French restaurant reviewing institution is getting an American accent.
Suya, the thin-sliced spiced meat, unites Nigeria
As night falls across Nigeria, men fan the flames of charcoal grills by candlelight or under naked light bulbs, the smoke rising in the air with the ...
EU beer brewers refuse to swallow French suds tax
France, the land of wine, is planning heavy taxes on beer, and that is not going down well with brewers — even in other nations. President Francois ...
Incoming Dutch government ditches 'weed pass' plan
The incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national "weed pass" that would have been available only to residents and that would have ...
Ukraine's ruling party leads in vote called biased
The Ukrainian president's party will retain its strong grip on power, according to returns Monday from a parliamentary election that was criticized ...
Starbucks opens first India store in Mumbai
Starbucks inaugurated its first store in India Friday in a historic building in southern Mumbai as the Seattle-based coffee giant seeks growth in a ...
Nestle sales growth eases as global economy cools
Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, on Thursday said its sales growth slowed to 11 percent in the first nine months of 2012 as ...
Wine experts: worst grape harvest in half century
Winemaker Cherie Spriggs had watched the bad weather over southern England's vineyards all season long. It just wasn't good enough for Nyetimber, her ...
A look at some of the top smoking nations
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared war on tobacco Tuesday, calling for a ban on tobacco advertising, an end to smoking in public and a ...
Ludovic Lefebvre says he is done with pop-ups
Ludovic Lefebvre can stomach just one more bite. After five years of LudoBites — hugely popular guerrilla-style, short-lived eateries held mostly ...
Welsh restaurant sorry for serving booze to child
A restaurant chain has apologized for accidentally serving alcohol to a toddler in Wales, calling it a case of human error. The BBC reported that ...
Chef Barber's quest for flavor may prickle purists
He fires up the succulent pork over gnarled, carbonated pig bones, grows sweet greens in a soil mixed with pumice left over by the hazelnut oil ...
Terrorism charges expected to be filed in France
French authorities are expected to announce preliminary terrorism charges related to a series of police raids across France that netted 12 people ...
UK teen hospitalized after swigging nitrogen drink
Authorities say a British teen has had her stomach removed after she ingested a cocktail prepared with liquid nitrogen, an exotic ingredient often ...
Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreak
Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands, authorities said, sparking major recalls there and in the U.
Iran ayatollah is poster boy for influence in Iraq
After years of growing influence, a new sign of Iran's presence in Iraq has hit the streets. Thousands of signs, that is, depicting Iran's supreme ...
French vintners want US chateaux kept out of EU
Drinking a Bordeaux wine from a "chateau" is as French as swigging Kentucky bourbon is American. But now tempers are flaring across the vineyards of ...
Czechs turn to homemade booze after sales ban
It's a cherished countryside tradition dating back to the 13th century. And, in a hard-drinking nation reeling from a deadly wave of alcohol ...