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Chocolate éclair hotdog, bacon milkshake and cappuccino crisps: Are these the world's WEIRDEST food combinations?

From garlic chocolate to blue cheese martinis, the craze for bizarre food mash-ups isn't going anywhere. But while some new flavours were a hit, others were just too unconventional to take off. The chocolate eclair hotdog (centre) was unveiled in Canada but has yet to be added to menus; the limited edition Watermelon Oreos (inset left) were a surprise hit; reactions to Lays Cappuccino-flavoured crisps prevented them from releasing the flavour, while the bacon milkshake (inset, right) is a fast food favourite. We look at the strangest foods being sold - and the ones you can make at home.

Heston Blumenthal's recipe for success! 100 best restaurants in the world revealed... and the celebrity chef is named TWICE

Heston's Fat Duck in Bray and Dinner by Heston in Mandarin Oriental, London, were both honoured in Elite Traveler magazine's annual Top 100 restaurants in the world list.

Forget porridge and cereal, BERRIES are the latest hipster breakfast craze: Acai cafe to sell Brazilian superfood... for £6 a bowl!

The latest single-item menu restaurant to open in the capital this week is the Oshun Café, which will serve four different bowls of acai berries at £6 each. The vitamin-packed fruit is a favourite with celebrities.

Nine ingredients, three pans and seven simple steps: Infographic reveals how to make vegan Turkish Delight at home

Recreate these fragrant Middle Eastern jellies with groundnut oil, a drop of beetroot juice, cream of tartar, lemon juice, rose syrup, icing sugar, pistachios, cornflour and granulated sugar.

The secret to reviving stale bread? Hold it under running water then stick it in the oven (just make sure it's not mouldy first)

Bon Apetit has come up with a genius way to revive your stale loaf and it involves running it under the tap - then popping it in an oven at around 150 degrees for up to 13 minutes.

Eat in luxury for less than £30: The UK's best-value Michelin-star menus revealed

These menus - which all come in at less than £30 - feature impeccably cooked ingredients and intelligent pairings devised by some of Britain's top chefs. Clockwise from top left: A three-course lunch at Box Tree Restaurant in West Yorkshire will set you back £30; Terrace Restaurant in Hampshire offers two-courses for £25; the Pass in South Lodge, Sussex, offers four-courses for £27.50; and Winchester's The Black Rat has a weekend three-course lunch for £28.95.

Michelin-starred London restaurant becomes the first in the UK to ask diners to pay in ADVANCE

The Clove Club in Shoreditch is implementing a new ticketing system in June to reduce the number of cancellations. It will see diners having to pay before they eat.

Haddock is a footballer, cod grows in ponds and salmon filet is a pork chop: Infographic reveals how much children (and adults) REALLY know about fish

The survey by Asda found children's fish knowledge to be lacking, with one in ten thinking fish either grew in the supermarket or were caught in garden ponds.

Jamie Oliver's company says vloggers Zoella and Alfie Deyes must do more to ensure adverts for sugary foods do not appear alongside their YouTube posts

The chef and healthy food campaigner's company has urged influential vlogging stars such as Zoella to stop adverts promoting sugary foods from appearing next to their video posts.

'Eat it with your eyes closed!': Chippy dyes its fish BLUE to mark Tour de Yorkshire (but insists it tastes the same)

Audrey's Fish and Chips in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, is serving bright blue fish alongside normal coloured chips to mark cycling race Tour de Yorkshire's arrival on 1 May.

Use up leftovers, drink free booze and find the best table in the restaurant: The 10 apps that will change the way you dine

From apps which tell you where to get free cocktails to those that show you how to best use leftovers, Femail has picked the ten every foodie should have.

Britain's first 'holistic' pop-up restaurant for DOGS to open in London

For £20 your four-legged friend will be treated to a five-course meal at The Curious Canine Kitchen. All proceeds from the event will be donated to a street dogs charity in Peru.

Bottoms up! Huge $50 Bloody Mary features vodka, Worcester sauce, prawns, celery sticks... and a WHOLE fried chicken

Sobelman's Pub and Grill in Milwaukee Wisconsin, US, has created the $50 (£33) Chicken Fried Bloody Beast which comes with a chicken, cheeseballs, sprouts, tomatoes, prawns and celery.

Is this the world's most expensive Easter egg? Bunny sculpture with DIAMONDS for eyes goes on sale for £33,000... but it contains 548,000 calories

This extravagant chocolate Easter bunny weighs 5kg and is made from 75 per cent Tanzania Origin Chocolate. The 38cm high rabbit has eyes made from two solitaire diamonds worth £25,000.

Use muffins for pizza bases, talk about fruit and veg and let them plan their own meals: Nutritionist Annabel Karmel reveals how to get fussy children to eat healthy foods

Nutritionist Annabel Karmel reveals how to get fussy children to eat healthy foods

A new study has shown more than half of UK children don't eat any veg. Nutrition expert Annabel Karmel (left) has told FEMAIL the clever tricks that will make a child like greens, including healthy junk food and plate decorations (right).

Worn, scarred and behind London's best food: Artist captures raw black and white portraits of 50 top chefs' HANDS

Fifty Chefs: The Hands That Feed London is an exhibition of images from photographer and artist Katie Wilson. It is the culmination of a ten-year project to tell the stories of London's kitchen staff.

Colouring lips with beetroot, conditioning hair with mayonnaise and moisturising with avocado: The cheap tricks A-listers like Blake Lively and Lupita Nyong'o swear by

From Shailene Woodley colouring her lips with roasted beetroot to Kate Moss submerging her face in cucumber water, it seems the stars' best kept beauty hacks start in the kitchen.

First it was wheatgrass, then kale and now it's KELP: Why seaweed is now at the top of the superfood table

The nutrient-packed seaweed contains 46 minerals, 16 amino acids (protein building blocks) and 11 micro-nutrients. It can be consumed in its raw form, in salads and sushi or added as a powder.

Salt and pepper squid, moules mariniere, and chocolate torte: The sophisticated restaurant children's menu created by a SIX-YEAR-OLD

The dishes served at Amélies in Porthleven were designed and approved by the restaurant owner's daughter Amélie Sheffield-Dunstan, after whom the restaurant is name.

Is this the poshest sweet EVER? Strawberry Champagne marshmallow with Belgian chocolate and 24-carat GOLD hits the shelves (but it only costs £10)

The luxurious confection is the creation of US-based confectioners Vivéltre. Dubbed 'The Golden Riviera', the squidgy treat is swirled with chocolate, flavoured with fizz and topped with a layer of gold.

Gourmet food start-up Flavourly raises £300,000 through crowdfunding in just three weeks... after turning down FOUR Dragons' Den investors

Scottish entrepreneur Ryan O'Rorke's gamble to turn down offers from TV's Dragons' Den investors has paid off as his gourmet delivery company Flavourly is now being funded by strangers.

Get a plastic bucket, some string and don't forget the grapes! How to make your own wine in FOUR HOURS (and save £2 a bottle)

How To Make Your Own Wine by wineinvestment.com lays out in simple graphics the steps you can take to produce your own bottles at home, helping you make long-term savings.

Watch how to crack open a bottle of beer using just an A4 sheet of PAPER

Rhys Morgan, who is UK-based, has solved a problem faced by many: how to open a bottle of beer without an opener. The ingenious young man simply folds a piece of paper and pops the cap.

The ten foods you didn't know could be frozen (and could help improve taste, too)

While most of us are aware of the benefits of freezing vegetables such as peas and beans, did you know that there are some other unusual foods which benefit from a stay in the freezer? From milk and bananas to cakes, crisps and eggs, here are the ten foods which you didn't know could be frozen.

Half of women admit their man is a better cook than them (and 25% of children would prefer a meal cooked by dad)

Traditionally considered a female domain, the fairer sex are now abandoning skillets and throwing down pans as their male partners don their aprons and slip on oven gloves, according to a survey.

Forget chicken tikka masala! Hairy Bikers reveal Sunday roasts and shepherd's pie top the list of the nation's food

BBC Two's Hairy Bikers and Lorraine Pascale: Cooking The Nation's Favourite Food, which airs on Tuesday 17 March at 7pm, is a countdown of what we love to eat in Britain.

The 10 supposedly unhealthy foods which are actually GOOD for you revealed... and the findings will surprise you

We've all heard the horror stories about these ten foods, which have been on the receiving end of bad press over the years. Nutritionist Sarah Flowers dispels the bad-food myths to FEMAIL

Why eating food raw is WRONG: The vegetables that see nutritional values rise when cooked revealed

Nutritionists now say that cooking some vegetables frees up more nutrients for your body to absorb. Tomatoes, spinach, carrots, asparagus and mushrooms all benefit from being cooked.

Insect salads, sprouting seeds, dehydrated meats and canned cat food: The meals America's 'Doomsday Preppers' will be eating on the day the world ends revealed

The meals America's 'Doomsday Preppers' will be eating on the day the world ends

In the US alone there are over 3 million people preparing for the end of time, this sub-culture is known as Doomsday Preppers. These stark photographs were capured by New York-based photographer Henry Hargreaves who visited the Doomsday Preppers and created meals for them based on their supplies. (Clockwise from top left): Insect salad with sprouting seeds; spaghetti with tinned tomatoes and anchovies; thyme-roast chicken; Campbell's chicken and noodle soup with a side serving of gourmet cat food; steak with buttered corn on the cob and salad, and a high-calorie ready-to-eat packet meal of reconstituted protein.

Steak with carrots, baked plantain and stuffed grape leaves with salad: What school lunches look like around the world (and the UK and US are the most unhealthy)

Schoolchildren in Spain, Ukraine, Greece, South Korea, Brazil, France, Finland and Italy eat a remarkable array of fresh foods for lunch, unlike the UK and US trays, which are full of processed items.

The pop-up restaurant serving deep-fried EVERYTHING... including tea cakes, pizza, burgers and even a whole crispy lamb joint

The calorific eaterie is a collaboration between chef Jim Thomlinson (pictured) of London Mess and freelance creative director Emma Thomas, better known as Miss Cakehead.

POT and pans: Canadian chef becomes web sensation with online cookery show making cannabis-infused dishes... and her mother is her sous chef

Canadian chef Mary Jean Dunsdon aka Watermelon cooks with cannabis

Canadian chef Mary Jean Dunsdon, who goes by the name Watermelon, hosts an online cooking show Baking A Fool Of Myself where she creates dishes which feature marijuana in their ingredients. The 35-year-old chef is helped in the kitchen by her 72-year-old mother. The chef has been cooking pot-infused treats for more than 13 years.

Hot dogs, broccoli and tofu: The 15 foods you must AVOID if you're planning on having sex tonight

The food we eat can affect our sex drive in both a positive and negative way, so it's important to choose wisely before getting some action in between the sheets. Some anti-aphrodisiacs to steer clear of are obviously bad for you, such as hot dogs (bottom left) while others, like broccoli (top left), tofu (bottom right) and peppermint (top right) are far more surprising. (Centre picture posed by models)

Cooked to a TEE! Nifty gadget transforms boiled eggs into perfectly round golf balls (and, yes, it does promise to make breakfast more 'egg-citing')

The £9.95 Sports Huevos- Egg Shapers - invented by Israeli-based design company Monkey Business - transforms the appearance of eggs into dimpled golf balls.

Forget being loyal, don't buy pre-packaged and beware of BOGOFs: The 33 top tips to save pounds off your weekly shopping bill

Make savings with FEMAIL's 33 money-saving tips, from planning your meals in advance to buying certain meals in bulk and shopping for different products in different supermarkets

This man really DID eat all the pies! Author travels the UK eating nothing but pastries for 700 days in search for Britain's best

Martin Tarbuck, from Wigan, Lancashire, ate a total of 314 pies over 700 days as research for his book of British pies. The winner was from Greens Bakery and Confectioners in Barrow, Cumbria.

Hot dogs, broccoli and tofu: The 15 foods you must AVOID if you're planning on having sex tonight

The food we eat can affect our sex drive in both a positive and negative way, so it's important to choose wisely before getting some action in between the sheets.

Raisins, bran flakes and VEGETABLE juice: The most surprising foods with high levels of sugar revealed

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), we should be consuming no more than 12 teaspoons of sugar a day. But stealth sugars are sending our intake soaring above the limit.

Move over acai berry, this year's superfood is the humble PLUM! 'Jammy tasting' new variety of stone fruit hailed as the next big health trend

The Australian Queen Garnet plum, which was 'accidentally' created contains some of the highest levels of antioxidants ever found in a fruit and has just gone on sale in the UK.

Swap quinoa for rice, tuck into pineapple and sip on fermented milk: The best foods to eat to get the most out of your workout

The perfect post exercise foods revealed

FEMAIL has worked with Shona Wilkinson, Head Nutritionist at NutriCentre, to identify the perfect post-workout foods that will help burn fat and aid in muscle recovery. Some of the dishes that are beneficial to eat after exercise are (clockwise from top left): steak; sweet potatoes; quinoa, and fish and chips. 'What you eat post workout is extremely important. The aim of a healthy post workout snack/meal is to improve recovery, reduce muscle soreness, increase the ability to build muscle and to help with your immune system,' said Shona.

Football ace invents clever cup and bowl combination to stop fans spilling their food at matches

Hamburg midfielder Maxi Biester's new Maxicup carries a drink in a supersize cup while a bowl not only carries the snacks but also also seals the top of the cup, too.

Horlicks in crabcakes, Marmite spaghetti and algae porridge: The strangest secret ingredients top chefs swear by revealed

As odd as it sounds Horlicks makes it into more recipes than you might imagine, with Nigella Lawson including it in her Malteaser cake, and Jamie Oliver swearing by it for a killer hot chocolate.

Cranachcan, Faggots and Bedfordshire Clanger: 10 of the oddest sounding British foods revealed (but they all taste delicious!)

10 of the weirdest sounding British foods revealed

While their names may sound like fairy tale creations, these foods are very much rooted in reality and not only demonstrate the British love for unusual monikers but also its ingenuity when it comes to creating dishes with unusual, and sometimes off-putting, ingredients. Clockwise from top left: Stargazy Pie; faggots; Cullen Skink; Berwick Cockles; Bedfordshire Clangers and Spotted Dick.

Supermarkets go wild! Kangaroo meatballs, ostrich kebabs and crocodile burgers are the latest unusual foods to hit the shelves

Iceland is the latest high street store to offer a range of exotic creatures with ostrich, kangaroo, crocodile, wild boar and venison all appearing in their freezers.

Oats so simple! Britain's latest single-item hipster restaurant opens in London serving breakfast staple PORRIDGE... for £7 a bowl!

The Porridge Cafe, which promises to turn the everyday food into a gourmet experience - with prices to match - has opened its doors in trendy east London today, serving 25 kinds of porridge.

Ten foods you can safely eat AFTER their use-by dates revealed

As one entrepreneur reveals he is making millions by selling out-of-date food, it's clear that when it comes to the timeline on our packaging, there is leeway. FEMAIL charts what's safe to eat.

Degrease dishes, keep pans rust-free, tenderise steak and freshen breath: 15 surprising things to do with used teabags

Think twice before throwing out your teabag next time you make a cuppa, as from soothing tired eyes and burns to tenderising steak and making hair shinier, they have myriad uses.

Smoothies, milk and steak: The 10 surprising foods with dangerous levels of sugar, salt and fat

Alongside the surprisingly unhealthy foods are more obvious items such as pork pies and pizzas. Just one of these treats would take you over the safe daily allowance for fat, salt and sugar. Clockwise from top right: Terry's Chocolate Orange; Mars Flavoured Milk, Pizza Express American Pizza; Pork Farms Original Pork Pies; Innocent Pomegranate, Blueberry and Acai smoothie and Ginsters Extra Large Cornish pasty.

Honey butter French fries, McKebabs, Prosperity burgers and chicken PORRIDGE: The strangest McDonald's menus around the world revealed

Don't be fooled into thinking that a meal in McDonald's in other countries is going to be the same as at home. Different countries have additions designed to appeal to local tastes. Clockwise from top left: South Korea's honey butter fries; Southeast Asia's Yin and Yang burger; Germany's Das Nürnburger with a triple Bratwurst sausage and mustard in a soft white bun; Hungary's McPumpkin Omelette; McRice from the Phillipines and McCurry Pan from India.

The snack that GROWS itself! 3D-printed food embedded with yeast, mushrooms, edible soil and sprouts makes its own filling... but would you eat it?

The self-growing food, part of the Edible Growth project by Dutch concept designer Chloe Rutzerveld, is made using a 3D printer and takes between three to five days to mature into an edible dish.

Fancy language, classical music, subliminal messages and 'cakeage': The shocking ways restaurants are TRICKING you into spending more money

Restaurateurs have devised crafty ways such as using overblown descriptions on their menus and charging to serve birthday cake, to ensure we spend more than we had planned to.

Futuristic pods, X-rated ornaments and video game urinals: The UK's strangest restaurant loos to spend a penny in revealed

The UK's strangest restaurant toilets revealed

Whether it's the incredible views at Aqua Shard, Sketch's futuristic pods or Abracadabra's X-rated sink ornaments, the loo is another chance for a venue to impress, and restaurants are grasping this opportunity with both hands. There has been an increase in restaurants providing much more than just a meal, and as these toilets show, restaurants are now fighting to make themselves more memorable. Clockwise from top left: Sketch Gallery Mayfair's alien pods; Nopi Soho's labyrinthine Hall of Mirrors lavatories; Shaka Zulu in Camden's zebra-striped toilet haven; trumpet urinals at The Bell Inn, Sussex and M Restaurant's Japanese heated toilet seats (inset).

You won't find these at McDonald's! Rare beef with fondant icing, the giant Crabzilla and oysters on rye with dill spray... the world's most bizarre burgers revealed

The world's most bizarre burgers revealed

Bored of the same old lunchtime sandwiches, Parisian duo Thomas Weil and Quentin Weisbuch started to create amazing burgers with ingredients like flying fish roe and oysters. The pair then post pictures of their crazy creations on their website Fat & Furious Burger. (Clockwise from top left) The Beerger bun is made with malt, barley and hops; The Head Burger features mandolined tomatoes, vegetables, beef patty, sausage slice and white cabbage; Crabzilla has spider crab, mango slices, curly lettuce, tomatoes, shrimp, lemon, fennel and chili mayonnaise; Go Green burger with artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, grilled courgettes, dill and mozzarella; The Mystery Box burger is composed of raw salmon, smoked bacon, mint, basil, garlic and yogurt sauce, rice cake, rice bun, black sesame seeds, salmon roe, mint and basil leaves and balsamic cream; and the oyster burger is made with sea rye bread, 'tsunami' butter, shallots, oysters, lemon drizzle, dill 'spray' and 'wrecked' wakame.

Peanut butter, ravioli, freeze-dried curry... and bubblegum: The combat rations of 20 armies around the world revealed

From Britain's sausage and beans to Sweden's chicken rogan josh, a new exhibition of army rations from around the world, K-Ration: Meals For Soldiers In Action, shows the sheer range of military chow. Italian designer Giulio Iacchetti arranged the contents of 24-hour ration packs of countries including (clockwise from left): the UK, USA, France and Germany for a series of stark pictures displayed at the 2015 Expo Milano, Italy, until February 22.

The ten foods you didn't know could be frozen (and could help improve taste, too)

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The 10 most awkward dates revealed... as more men than women say the bill should be SPLIT

A study into the nation's dating etiquette revealed that men and women both have their own dating bugbears and fears.

Would you eat DAHLIAS? Inspired by the Aztecs, growers produce edible roots which taste like asparagus

Swiss growers have spent two years developing six varieties of edible dahlia, each with their own taste.

Ten healthy supermarket lunch deals for under £5... and our cost-cutting tips to save £1,300 a year

Looking to make a bigger lunchtime saving? We've combed the supermarket chains for deals that can shave valuable pounds off your midday meal.

The fats that you SHOULD be eating and the ones you must avoid

Fats are now good for us but what are the right types of fat? Nutritionist Dr Marilyn Glenville tells FEMAIL what we should include in our diet.

Why too much red wine is bad for you... and it's not just the alcohol: Study revives row over 'elixir of youth' chemical claiming it could harm muscle in higher doses

Not another one! Best friends open Britain's SECOND cereal cafe in Leeds (and bowls are nearly half the price of London's)

Best friends Zoe Blogg and pal Jen Gibb have opened the breakfast-speciality joint Moo'd in Oatley Road, Hedingley, Leeds.

Is this Britain's fussiest eater? Engineer who 'hates food' and only eats 10 things says he is being kept healthy by his ONE KILO a month Marmite addiction

John Pearson, 48, from Burton-upon-Trent, Derbys, will only eat 10 bland foods - including plain crisps and chips - and has to top-up his vitamin intake by eating a kilo of Marmite.

Lean meat, papaya and apples: The ten guilt-free foods that burn MORE calories than they contain

Known as 'negative-calorie' food, according to nutritionist Daisy Connor, snacking on these items is the perfect way to give in to mid-afternoon cravings

Waitrose narrowly beats Aldi to be crowned the best UK supermarket... while Co-op is voted the WORST and 'shockingly behind everyone else' for value for money

The upmarket grocer gained a customer score of 73 per cent in the survey of 7,000 shoppers by Which?, gaining top marks for service, store environment and its own-label and fresh products.

Now you don't have to move from your sofa for a Double Whopper: Burger King rolls out new home delivery trial service in UK... but you'll have to spend at least £14 to use it!

The trial service is currently available in Romford, Truro, Hornchurch, Skegness, Hull, Northampton, Hayes, and Gants Hill. Deliveries are made within a two-mile radius of the restaurants.

Inside the ROLLER-COASTER restaurant where diners' meals are served via 12-metre tornado spiral

Diners tucking into dinner at Rogo's in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, will have their orders served via 30 tracks running throughout the room.

An 8oz sirloin steak, mashed sweet potato, kale, samphire, mange tout and broccoli: The perfect meal for athletes revealed

A balanced plate created by former Olympian Francis Agyepong has been named the perfect meal by British Athletics' performance nutritionist.

Too good to eat! Artist bakes intricate designs of Ninja Turtles, Snoopy and Van Gogh's Starry Night with COOKIES

Made from butter cookie dough and decorated with royal icing, the award-wining creations are the work of artist Mallory Mae who sells them at her family-run bakery, ButterWinks, in Florida.

Add pineapple to cheap plonk and open a bottle WITHOUT using a corkscrew: The 12 hacks for wine lovers revealed

From tricks such as opening a wine bottle without a corkscrew to simple recipes for wine desserts, this infographic detailspractical tips to make vino last longer.

Is this the most expensive food in the world? Caviar made from albino fish eggs and laced with 22-carat gold goes on sale... but a TEASPOON will set you back £27,000

Strottarga Bianco caviar was invented by Austrian fish farmer Walter Gruell and his son Patrick. They are offering it at a discount£73,000 a kilo to selected customers to give them a taste of what's on offer.

Would you eat a meal made by a FIVE-YEAR-OLD? Restaurant offers free lunch of lime and chilli salmon, sea bass and sherry king prawns (but the chefs are children!)

Eight budding chefs as young as five will take over the kitchens of Soho-based Stephen St Kitchen restaurant to whip up four fish dishes for its brave customers.

Pizza Hut goes POSH: High street chain undergoes £60m makeover complete with cocktail bars (but don't worry, the all-you-can-eat salad bar is staying!)

Pizza Hut has introduced cocktails and hard shakes to its menu. The high street chain's £60m revamp will also see London branches fitted out in American-style designs with oak flooring and red leather seating.

Could YOU butcher a pig? From tackling the fat to slicing through bone, FEMAIL takes on the challenge

FEMAIL's Anucyia Victor learns how to butcher a pig at The Shed restaurant in Notting with some help from part-owner and head chef Oliver Gladwin.

That's one maze you wouldn't mind getting lost in! Artist creates edible labyrinth from 4,640 sticks of CHOCOLATE... containing 143,840 calories

Vlogger Doug Armstrong, from London, joined food artist Prudence Staite, from Gloucestershire, to create a homage to the Maze Runner, which took 56 hours to complete.

Watch a dog prepare spaghetti carbonara in supercute video

Masterchef Panda the Boston Terrier demonstrates just how easy it is to make spaghetti carbonara in this guide for cookery website Blue Apron.

New delivery service helps hangovers by bringing fast food, coffee, headache pills and even TOILET ROLL to your door the morning after

The Hangover Man is the brainchild of teetotal couple Luke Chequer and Charlotte Broadbridge, from Swindon, Wiltshire.

'When I arrived in Britain, I saw Indian food in the dark ages': Michelin-starred London chef who serves chicken tikka pie and Punjabi fish and chips reveals cooking tips

Atul Kocchar made history as the first Indian chef to receive a Michelin star for his London restaurant Tamarind in 2001. His second eaterie, Benares in Mayfair, was also awarded a star in 2007.

Cheesy grasshoppers, prawns with live ants and cricket rice cakes: Insect-eating is the latest culinary trend to hit the UK

Insects are a sustainable form of high-protein that have long been eaten by humans in other parts of the world. They are now starting to appear on restaurant menus and in supermarkets in the UK.

A feast for the eyes! Artist creates hyper-realistic paintings of burgers, fried eggs and iced cakes that look good enough to eat (but the bill will set you back £90,000)

The stunning paintings of food are the work of Dutch artist Tjalf Sparnaay, who creates mouthwatering representations of everyday food such as fried eggs, iced cakes and mouthwatering pastries.

One-day marinated veal, slow-cooked lamb shoulder and za'atar dusted halloumi: Are these the poshest kebabs in the UK?

The much-maligned Turkish staple is now getting a makeover thanks to Nick Green and Matthew Kershaw, who have opened 'premium kebab destination' Chifafa on Clerkenwell Road, London.

'Grotty rundown boozer by the sea' crowned the best pub in the UK... serving seaweed butter, razor clams and Whitstable oysters

The Sportsman in Seasalter, Kent, beat Somerset's Pony & Trap and The Pipe and Glass in Beverly, East Yorkshire to take the crown at the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastropub awards.

Champagne jelly, Madagascan vanilla bean, and gold leaf crumble... but would YOU pay £30 for Scotland's most expensive pudding?

The rhubarb and Champagne crumble takes up to five hours to make and comes with a glass of Dom Perignon at Restaurant Mark Greenaway, in Edinburgh.

Ikea reveals it will roll out VEGAN 'meatballs' across its UK stores from April after animal rights campaign

The Swedish furniture giant is planning to put a twist on its famous meatballs by introducing a meat-free version to its restaurants from April. Takeaway bags will be available later this year.

Traditional Bombay-style cafe beats Heston Blumenthal's Michelin-starred restaurant to be crowned the best in the UK

Dishoom Covent Garden beat Heston Blumenthal's Dinner by Heston, Gordon Ramsey's eponymous London restaurant and L Atelier De Joel Robuchon to be chosen as the best restaurant in the UK.

Breast Munchies, Cemen dip and cups of Urinal tea! The rudest food names from around the world revealed

From Australia's Breast Munchie chicken nuggets to Turkey's Cemen dip and China's Only Puke crackers, FEMAIL reveals some of the worst named foods in the world.

Eating lunch at your desk, drinking wine before bedtime and sipping fruit juice: The eight worst eating habits revealed

From eating lunch at your desk to skipping meals, these and six more bad eating habits are revealed in this new infographic, which also shares the dos and don'ts for healthy eating when dining out.

Fifteen stone woman swaps biscuits for vegetables to lose a THIRD of her body weight and is crowned Miss Slinky (but still enjoys Freddo frogs and a glass of wine)

Forget India and China! Tea grown in the Scottish Highlands crowned the best in the WORLD... but it will set you back £10 a cup

The Wee Tea Company, Scotland's first tea company in Perthshire, came top at the Salon de The awards in Paris for its Dalreoch smoked white tea.

Use Agria potatoes, cook in rapeseed oil and DOUBLE fry: A step-by-step guide to how to make the perfect chip

So what does it take to cook the perfect chip? FEMAIL's Anucyia Victor heads to kitchens of The Fish & Chip Shop, in Dashwood House, Liverpool Street, London to learn from the masters.

Gin and tonic for Baileys, clementines for orange juice and French dressing for Balsamic vinegar: 20 surprising sugar swaps that could help you lose weight

You can still have your cake and eat it too with nutritionist Angela Dowden's surprising sugar swap plan for FEMAIL which includes swapping chocolate bars for Nutella and pancakes for tarts.

Do they TASTE as good as they smell? Mixologist creates cocktails based on L'Atelier de Givenchy fragrances

Carefully composed of items such as mandarin oil, bitter orange and Siberian pine needle extract, the flavours in these drinks - on sale in London - reflect the seven fragrances of Givenchy collection.

I'm STILL lovin' it! Man keeps McDonald's burger and fries for six years ... and they look the same as the day they were fried

Hjortur Smarason, 28, from Iceland, waited until the final day when his local McDonald's closed on 31 October 2009, and made sure he purchased the last cheeseburger together with a portion of fries.

Want to make a picture-perfect burger? Use pins to secure the salad, pump ketchup from a syringe and DON'T cook the patty

Tricks of food styling are revealed by Sydney-based videographer Minhky Le in a trio of short films, Real Food But Not Really, looking at the burger, ice cream and cocktail.

A crack on the bottom, a tap on the top and blow! The simple trick to peel a hardboiled eggs in just TWO SECONDS

A US-based YouTube user who goes by the handle KeepItFire2 has found the perfect way to peel a hardboiled egg. He taps both ends on a plate, holds it in his hand and blows it clear out of its shell.

Rising cost of the shopping basket! Quiz reveals how the price of eggs, milk, beer and bread has soared over 25 years (but how will YOU fare?)

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Amaretti Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
250g plain chocolate
50g amaretti biscuits
100g ground almonds
150g caster sugar
100g softened butter
4 medium eggs
4 tbsps bottlegreen pomegranate & elderflower cordial
100g fresh cherries
Icing sugar
Method
Pre-heat oven to 180c/gas mark 4. Line a 20cm springform tin. Melt 150g of chocolate. Blitz amaretti biscuits, ground almonds and sugar in food processor, add the butter, eggs and 2 tbsps of cordial, process again. Add melted chocolate and briefly process. Pour mixture into the tin, cook for 35-45mins. To finish the cake, cut melt remaining chocolate and mix with 2tbsps of cordial and cut star shapes out when it's set. Decorate cake with icing sugar, stars and chocolate dipped cherries. www.breakthrough.org.uk/bakeoff/

TROPICAL PAVLOVA

Ingredients
5 egg whites
275g light brown muscovado sugar
300ml double cream
8 tbsps Bottlegreen lime cordial
Selection of tropical fruits, such as mango, papaya, passion fruit and kiwi
Method
Pre-heat oven to 140c, gas mark 1. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until stiff, gradually add sugar. Pile the meringue into the centre of the lined baking tray, spread to approx. 25cm, swirling the meringue into peaks, make a dip in the centre. Cook for 1 hour 20 minutes. Place 6 tbsps of the Bottlegreen lime cordial into a small saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer until syrupy, cool. Whisk the cream and the remaining cordial until standing in soft peaks. Prepare the fruits, spoon the cream into the centre of the pavlova, arrange the fruits on top, drizzle over the cooled syrup and serve cut into slices.
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Ingredients
5 egg whites
275g caster sugar
25g flaked almonds
284ml double cream
200g fresh cherries
4 tbsps bottlegreen pomegranate & elderflower cordial
1 tsp arrowroot or cornflour
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 200c, gas mark 6. Line a baking tin with baking parchment. Whisk egg whites until stiff, gradually add the sugar.Spread the meringue into tin and sprinkle with almonds, cook in the oven for 5 minutes, reduce the heat to 170c, gas mark 3 and continue to cook for a 20 minutes. Meanwhile, stone the cherries, place in saucepan with cordial and cook until softened, stir a little of the juices into the arrowroot/cornflour, add to cherries and cook until thickened, cool. Place a tea towel covered with greaseproof paper on the work surface, tip out roulade with the almonds on the bottom. Whisk the cream into soft peaks, spread over the roulade followed by the cherry filling and roll.
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175g (6oz) butter, plus extra for greasing
175g (6oz) caster sugar
3 large eggs
175g (6oz) self-raising flour
50g (2oz) desiccated coconut
6 tbsp Bottlegreen Lemongrass & Ginger cordial
50g (2oz) icing sugar
50g (2oz) stem ginger in syrup, drained and thinly sliced
Fine strips of lemon zest
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C, Gas Mark 4. Butter a 1.2 litre capacity non-stick ring cake tin. Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs. Fold in flour using a metal spoon. Add coconut, then gently stir in 2tbsp of Bottlegreen Lemongrass & Ginger cordial. Spoon into the cake tin. Bake for 45 minutes. Dilute the remaining cordial with 4 tbsp just-boiled water. Spoon this over top of the cake. Leave cake to cool. To decorate, mix the icing sugar with a little cold water to make a thin icing. Drizzle this over the cake. Top with sliced ginger and lemon rind.
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325g softened butter
225g golden caster sugar
4 large free range eggs
225g self raising flour
2 tsps baking powder
250g strawberries, chopped
3 tbsp Bottlegreen pomegranate and elderflower cordial
200g icing sugar
250g Mascarpone cheese
50g prepared seeds
Pink colouring
14g freeze dried strawberries
150g white chocolate
Heat chopped strawberries with tbsp of cordial for a few minutes. Pre heat oven to 180c, gas mark 4, grease 3 x 18 cm cake tins. Beat the 225g butter and sugar, gradually add eggs. Stir in flour and baking powder followed by cooled strawberries and a little pink food colouring. Divide between tins, bake for 25-30 minutes. Beat butter and icing sugar with cordial, add mascarpone and a little food colouring, divide the mixture in half and add finely chopped strawberries and pomegranate to one half. Divide the icing with fruit between layers. Spread the remaining icing and decorate.

150g digestive biscuits
50g butter
450g full fat soft cream cheese
2 tbsp cornflour
4 tbsp Bottlegreen Elderflower Cordial
2 free range egg yolks
150ml sour cream
8 tbsp Bottlegreen Elderflower Cordial
2 gelatine sheets
400g summer berries
Icing sugar
Pre heat oven 200c, gas 6. Line the base of a 20cm/8in tin. Crush the biscuits, melt the butter and mix. Press into base of tin, bake for 8 minutes, cool. Reduce oven to 150c/gas 2. Place cream cheese into bowl, mix a little of the cordial with the cornflour to a smooth paste and add to cheese with the remaining cordial, egg yolks and sour cream. Whisk until smooth, pour into tin and cook for 45-50mins. Cool in tin. Make the topping by soaking the gelatine in cold water then place the cordial in a small pan. Add 8 tbsp water and gently heat. Stir in the gelatine until melted, cool. Top cheesecake with berries. Spoon glaze over, place in the fridge to set.