HAPPY Bank Holiday, folks – fingers crossed it's a scorcher.

MILLENNIALS have a problem with Friends.

After a long winter there’s something nice about taking your food out to the garden to eat.

FOOD waste thrown out by the House of Commons has more than doubled in the last three years - leading senior MPs to demand action.

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VEGANS are inviting meat eaters to party with them in Lisburn's first vegan food festival.

SHE admits to having starred in a television commercial for frozen yoghurt but Derry native Áine Carlin has left the world of dairy desserts behind her after an experiment with going vegan transformed both her health and career.

Talking of jokes that barely work, the premises here at the top of Waterloo Street used to be a bicycle shop. If Cow Bog takes off, perhaps they’ll open a chain.

- BUY an Apple App Store and iTunes gift card on or before May 20 at Tesco and you’ll get a bonus 15 per cent to spend.

AS EXAM season starts and GCSE and A-level exams get under way, good nutrition could be the key to helping students cope a little better with stress, as well as having an impact on memory and concentration.

MANY of us claim Italian to be our favourite cuisine – and what's not to like, with all the pasta and red wine? However, this is a slightly one-note view of the country's food.

THIS week’s recipes are two cracking salads which are easy to put together and make a light lunch or dinner for the grown-ups.

SOMETIMES it's easy to feel like more a weatherman than a beer writer/bluffer these days.

ULSTER eateries have featured in accolades at the Irish Restaurant Awards, including the All Ireland newcomer.

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WITH good weather comes great memories of holidays in the sun and, in particular, al fresco dining.

TAKE a walk down the cereal aisle of any supermarket and you are sure to be bombarded with promises of health and wellbeing.

OPEN A Love Of Eating, the debut cookbook from bespoke caterers and food columnists, Tart London – aka Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones – and you'll feel like you've been tipped directly into summer.

WELSH brewers Tiny Rebel came to mainstream consciousness at that tail end of last year for an unwelcome reason by an industry watchdog.