UK demand growing for beverages made from fungi, but experts dismiss innovations as ‘health products you don’t need’Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” sweeps the high street.With the food industry eager to cash in on demand for “functional...

Firms said food and plant checks and Latin names causing costly delays with lorries waiting hours in first week of post-EU regimeOf all the effects of Brexit, probably the least anticipated was that flower exporters and customs officials would have to learn Latin.But that is one of the problems that confronted British businesses in the first week after...

So a Michelin-starred chef said he loathed our one truly globally renowned dish. I beg to differAcross Britain today, hundreds of thousands of us will tuck into one of the world’s most perfect dishes. Crispy batter encasing flaky fish; a steaming pile of chips, some soft, some crunchy, some large, some merely a scrap; acidic condiments and sides to...

Melissa Wright deplores the cost and quality of high street coffee shops in Britain, and says she’d much rather get an espresso in Milan for €1.20Why does your article (The £5 coffee is coming – but should we swallow it?, 30 April) not mention the elephant in the coffee shop? Coffee in the UK is at best mediocre and at worst gag-worthy.I live in Milan,...

Despite the huffing of ideologues, the world has moved on. Voters and businesses are calling for more effective protectionsAs the sewage-filled waters start to close over the heads of Torydom, their Tufton Street thinktankers carry on like the orchestra on the Titanic. In three grand Westminster houses dwell the TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Institute of...

Businesses say fees for Dover inspections are much higher than first thought and will push up shop pricesImporters of food from the EU into Britain have said newly introduced post-Brexit checks could increase their costs by up to 60%, pushing up prices for customers and driving some shops out of business.After five previous delays, the UK government...