The arts and intoxication have gone hand-in-jittery-hand for centuries – so perhaps it's no surprise how many stars are making their own booze.

It is more often associated with a teenager’s first curious sips of alcohol or as a sugary lubricant at school discos up and down the country, so Smirnoff Ice’s presence at a high society wedding at the weekend was a curious one.

For William Wordsworth, the Lake District was a “national property” for all to enjoy. But what the poet, a teetotal, would have made of the first whiskey distillery in the area for more than 100 years is hard to tell.

The owner of Yo Sushi is battling rival private equity firms to acquire Byron, the upmarket burger chain, for £100m.

Farmers are struggling to breed enough goats to meet demand

Tyrrells, the maker of crisps loved by Middle England, has whetted the appetite of private-equity firms to buy the business for about £100m.

Restaurants have been known to replace the genuine product with cheap imitations

Move by Mark Pedergrast comes in the same week as man tries to sell another variant on eBay for $5m

The solution to world poverty may have been under our noses all along. The United Nations has issued official advice suggesting that Earth’s inhabitants eat insects to help combat food-insecurity and reduce pollution worldwide.

Amateur cook’s blog about feeding her family on £10 a week attracted huge online audience

Only the finest flakes will do for the likes of Heston and Ferran – not to mention the makers of posh chocolate bars. Samuel Muston goes in search of the white stuff at Halen Môn Sea Salt

Pub closures have increased to 26 a week, although campaigners hope the industry's fortunes are set to improve.

When Croatians celebrate joining the EU on 1 July, they may have to do so without raising a glass of their beloved Prosek, a sweet dessert wine which is souring their membership of the bloc.

A part-time house DJ from Hackney has been crowned this year’s MasterChef champion after preparing a knockout menu for the final challenge.

Opposition by Scotch Whisky Association thrown out by Edinburgh's highest court