FROM THE FOOD & DRINK CHANNEL

A wine for all reasons: So what SHOULD you drink with a fish finger sandwich or a KFC bargain bucket?

Food buffs will tell you that poached salmon and black truffles is lost without a chilled French chablis. But would they have a clue if you asked them which wine was best paired with a Big Mac and large fries?

Herbs with a twist! Mackerel with coriander and parsley

They're the fresh and tasty way to make seafood sing, give veg some va-va voom and even perk up puds.

Tasty spider crabs are an easy catch for our fishermen, says Monty Halls, so why do they all end up being exported?

Delicious, abundant and caught by local boats using sustainable techniques, surely the spider crab is a gift from the maritime gods.

Whole Foods labels vegan salads as CHICKEN in 15 stores as food watchdog issues warning over 'life threatening' allergic reactions

The mislabeled salads - a curried chicken salad and a vegan curried 'chick'n' salad - were sold in 15 stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, Whole Foods said.

Gordon Ramsay under fire after undercover video exposes 'shocking cruelty' to ducks at foie gras factory which supplies one of his licensed restaurants

The footage shows ducks being force-fed large amounts of grain through steel tubes three times a day before being slaughtered.

Gwyneth Paltrow backs London diet delivery service for healthy fast food, but it'll cost you... at over £30 per DAY

Gwyneth Patlrow has revealed one of her secrets for maintaining her toned shape even when she doesn't have time to cook - a London diet delivery service.

Read one grumpy column by Tom Utley - and get next week's free: Or why I keep falling for devilishly ingenious supermarket offers that actually pick my pocket

As a weekly victim of Brand Match voucher scheme, responsible for a hefty regular chunk of Sainsbury’s £25.6 billion annual sales, I can’t say I’m remotely surprised by its success, writes TOM UTLEY.

105-year-old woman's secret to long happy life is BACON

Pearl Cantrell, from Richland Springs, Texas, says eating bacon every day has helped her reach the age of 105. She said: 'I love bacon, I could eat it for every meal - and I do.'

Subway meals can be UNHEALTHIER than those from McDonald's

The chain may promote itself as the ‘healthy’ fast food restaurant but the new study, carried out by UCLA, suggests that it is not much healthier than McDonald’s, and in terms of salt it is worse.

Hungry shoppers beware, you'll purchase fattening foods: Customers who eat before going to the supermarket buy 18% less food

Researchers from Cornell University have spelt out how disastrous it can be to go to the supermarket when you are hungry.

Bottles of single malt salvaged from World War Two shipwreck which inspired the film Whisky Galore sell for £12,000 at auction

The whisky, which is thought to be undrinkable, was part of the cargo on the SS Politician which sank off the shores of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.

Would you tuck into a plate of PLANKTON? Michelin-star chef serves up a 12-course menu using the sea algae

A chef from a tiny beachside village near Cádiz, Ángel León has created a new menu based on his life-long obsession with the ocean, and his main ingredient? Plankton.

Ministers want to slash size of biscuits and cakes to tackle UK's obesity epidemic

Ministers wants the portion sizes of fatty and sugar-laden foods to be cut in a bid to halt the growing obesity problem.

The drinks are on US! MPs want cut-price drinks in Parliament bars - with the taxpayer footing the bill

Prices at the four Palace of Westminster bars are already cheap, especially for central London, as they are linked to those in a nearby Wetherspoons pub.

The most germ-ridden spot in your kitchen? Refrigerator WATER DISPENSERS found to harbor 'concerning levels' of bacteria

The National Sanitation Foundation took swabs from 20 kitchens and discovered that the majority of the built-in units were coated with 'concerning levels' of yeast and mold.