EATING AND DRINKING
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Mahón Cheese: A Taste of Tradition
Mahón cheese: these box-shaped cheeses, with their distinctive rounded edges, fold-like markings and beautiful deep orange-gold rinds are one of the gastronomic jewels of the Balearic islands, and have long been so.
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Ultra-Processed Foods: It’s Not Just Their Low Nutritional Value That’s a Concern
Sugary drinks and many breakfast cereals are ultra-processed foods, as are more recent innovations, such as so-called “plant-based” burgers.
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Sugar Detox? Why You Should Keep Fruit on the Menu
Humans evolved to crave sweet tastes to get nutrients needed to survive. A daily supply of vitamins, minerals and fiber is needed because our bodies cannot make them. The best source of these substances for our ancient ancestors was sweet, ripe fruit
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Here’s Who Topped the Rankings in This Year’s Scorecard for Sustainable Chocolate
Despite the price of chocolate rising, these increases are often not passed on, leaving many cocoa farmers in extreme poverty. This is in addition to struggling with the impacts of climate change.
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Most Europeans Struggle to Identify the Fish They Eat
Why are people so estranged from the food they eat? Well, it doesn’t help that seafood sold as a particular species might be something else.
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The "Sustainable" Cod in Your Shopping Basket May Be No Such Thing
Consumers could be unknowingly buying seafood from overfished stocks, or from regions where illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing is common, along with human rights abuses.
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After Work
Partial to the odd ‘cheeky one’ after a hard day at the office? ‘Afterworks’ are all the rage in the city but with such an overwhelming number of places to choose from, where do you turn?
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How Was Popcorn Discovered?
What you may consider a tasty snack today probably started as a useful way of preserving and storing food.
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Tea Time
Refresca in the Born makes tea healthy and fun.
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Why You Should Always Wash Fruit and Veg Before Eating Them
Many people assume fresh produce is “safe”—but each year, one in ten people gets ill by eating unsafe food—and approximately 46% of these cases of food-borne illness come from eating vegetables and fruit.
