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Wrap up your romantic evening poolside, immersed in the warm glow of love, as you savor the exquisite delights of Belgian Chocolate Truffles and the seductive Strawberry Mascarpone Delight.

Rising production costs, along with the impact of poor weather on growing conditions, have driven up prices of root vegetables this year.

Putting on my winter coat for the first time this season, I dug my hand into a pocket to find a treasure trove of detritus. A stale chocolate miniature egg...

Telegraph: Most people in the West are not getting enough choline in their diet.

Potatoes, yorkshire pud and veg. what binds it all together? gravy of course. a peculiar method of fundraising at the world gravy wrestling championships in the lancashire village of stacksteads. those who dared to take part had to wrestle in the gravy for two minutes, and were hosed off by firefighters afterwards. lets first hear from one brave competitor. thats right, its me. the rochdale lion. the fighter who forgot his lighter. im here ready for some gravy. were going to get dirty and we are...

You are with all the fruit and veg, and there is a good reason? yes. and there is a good reason? yes, indeed, and there is a good reason? yes, indeed. good _ and there is a good reason? yes, indeed, good morning. _ and there is a good reason? 1a: indeed, good morning. we have sweet peppers here, we have some nectarines, or have we got here? aubergine, plenty of fresh fruit and veg. this is at the birmingham wholesale market. and the changing price of items like this affects the overall rate of i...

The cost of living crisis is changing the way people shop. this is the bounty club in harlow, essex. there are schemes like this across the country offering heavily discounted food which would otherwise end up in landfill. there we go, thats all cauliflower. you can get two bag fulls if youre a big family for £5, so it really does help us. zoe is a full time carerfor her husband. three of her children each receive a voucher worth £75 for the duration of the holiday. but because of the rising c...

Were bang in the middle of an area that doesnt have much access to fresh produce. so were trying to encourage people to grow their own food, educate people, inspire people, hopefully. and, i think, even in the few months that weve been doing it one or two hours a week, theres been huge change to the space. it was really down and depleted before, and now its thriving. a couple of weeks ago, we did a thing that we called tomato day. so we handed out 200 free tomato plants to the community. and it ...

Sorted the place out. but the idea was that it became a really nice, welcoming space that people could interact with and pick veg and sit on the wall and make it a generally nice spot really. so this is the warehouse. we work with a lot of public donations, charities and wholesalers. food stored here is used for the food bank, its used for social supermarkets, its used for hot meal provisions that we work with. so what were growing here, weve got loads of tomatoes growing. were growing courgette...

And sugar as part of a deal. not everyone finds that palatable. no, i dont think it is, personally. i think you should be able to have the choice and, you know, you can eat and drink what you want within reason, you know? i mean, you can still buy it, but it might be more expensive. well, but youre alienating people, really, because people want what they want. there are way too many offers and things towards higher fats, and that is what people naturally go to because they think its cheaper than...