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The fashion designer Henry Holland has transformed a former ice-cream van, into his new flagship store. Instead of cones and lollies he will sell House of Holland clothes

Lure of the jingle: Entrepreneurs are giving vintage ice-cream vans a new lease of life

The tinkle of "Greensleeves" was once a familiar sound in every residential street. But for many, that quintessential sound of summer is a fading memory as the traditional ice-cream van has declined to the point where only an estimated 500 are still operating, down from 20,000 in the 1950s.

UK bars are increasingly joining the Russian vodka boycott

No equal rights, no vodka nights: gay clubs boycott Russian imports

Popular British gay bars and nightclubs have joined a global boycott of Russian vodka brands following allegations of human rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s government.

The blueberry has become Britain’s fastest-growing fruit

Britain's blueberry boom: When it comes to berries, we've got the blues

We can't get enough of the 'superfood' that's catching the strawberry at the top of the market

The scientist behind the 'in vitro' burger believes synthetic meat could help to save the world from the growing consumer demand for beef, lamb, pork and chicken

Special report: 'In vitro' beef - it's the meat of the future

Asked the cost of a regular beefburger, you might guess around £3... with fries. But, next week, a select group will be fed a £250,000 patty. What's the difference? This one was grown in a laboratory – from a cow's stem cells

Burgundy crop at risk after 90% of vineyards are battered by hail

France's Burgundy wine region has been hit by storms that have damaged as much as 90 per cent of vines in growing areas, including Pommard and Volnay.

Fishy Phily? Don’t be dilly: Philadelphia with smoked salmon and dill

It’s been a busy couple of years at Philadelphia HQ. The range of pallid spreadable cheese seems to  be attempting to catch up to Heinz when it comes to varieties of flavour.

Skipping breakfast can increase your risk of a heart attack by as much as 27 per cent

Skipping your breakfast can increase the risk of heart attack by almost 30%

Study shows a morning meal is needed to take the body out of its  protective ‘fasting state’

The new cola flavoured wine

'I’m getting notes of caramel E150d': French company to add cola to red wine

In recent years, the number of wine drinkers in France has withered like over-ripe grapes on a vine.

David Collins passed away surrounded by family and loved ones

David Collins, the man who put the taste into Britain’s restaurants, dies aged 58

David Collins, the interior designer whose “magic” touch changed the face of Britain’s most iconic restaurants, bars and hotels has died.

Netil House in London Fields will host Redemption

A new bar in London’s Trendiest district has everything... except alcohol

The last time dry bars could be described as being in vogue, we had a Queen Empress on the throne and men still wore stove pipe hats. And yet, bang in the middle of London’s most trendy borough, a new one is set to open this weekend.

Anne McIntosh: Committee chairman said some practices were ‘illegal’ and ‘fraudulent

Horsemeat scandal report: Force supermarkets to do DNA tests on meat, say MPs

Regular checks could help avoid another scandal over horse  in ‘beef’ products

Chef Oliver Gladwin (left) and staff prepare food in The Shed. But restaurants are facing a staffing squeeze

Why can't restaurateurs hire enough kitchen and waiting staff to keep up with the foodie boom?

It could be the prospect of hard work, unsociable hours and low pay

It's sliced bread's 85th birthday

Eighty-five years of the best thing since... This week marks the anniversary of sliced bread

As headlines go, “Sliced bread is made here” is perhaps not the most compelling in newspaper history. Still, those five words, splashed across the front page of Missouri’s Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune in 1928, marked the moment the world discovered the greatest thing since, well, ever.

Horsemeat

Slow, badly executed, indecisive and poorly communicated - watchdog rapped for 'wait-and-see' handling of horsemeat crisis

Some of regulator's staff  had 'limited experience' of food-safety crises, official report concludes

Steve Hook sells his milk raw

The farmer who wouldn't cow-tow: Rather than supply supermarkets and face financial ruin, Steve Hook has developed a market for 'raw' milks

What if there were a simple cure for some of life's most common afflictions, such as eczema, asthma, or hay fever? Something that's natural, relatively inexpensive and that most people drink every single day. Now imagine this miracle salvation, which has sustained generations of children on farms across Britain, is at best tricky to source, and at worst illegal.

 
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Before you stuff your luggage with this year's Man Booker longlist titles, the case for some varied poolside reading alternatives
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The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
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Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
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