Two shoppers at a supermarker in the UK Photo: IC Jack Convery pops into a London branch of Italian eatery Coco di Mama to grab a cut-price lunch ordered on his smartphone's food-sharing app Karma. The 27-year-old Amazon employee - with an eye for a bar...

A bar in France Photo: IC They are known the world over for producing some of the best wines in the world: Now the French have set their sights on nipping into the international whisky market. "Not many of our clients are surprised that French whisky ex...

A heart-shaped cake is pictured on the occasion of Valentine's Day in Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 12, 2020. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) Face masks have become one of the most popular gifts in China ahead of Valentine's Day, which falls on Friday th...

An array of varied chocolates Photo: IC Reem Shihab, a Palestinian woman from the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been making a special kind of chocolate with natural Palestinian herbs such as sage, mint, anise, basil, thyme, and rosemary. The Palestini...

A bowl of oats Photo: VCG Almond, soy, coconut, nonfat or whole? American stores offer a dizzying array of milk but a new option is experiencing unprecedented growth and fast becoming a vegan favorite - oat milk. The oat milk market was virtually non-ex...

Online payment Photo: VCG Chinese people are ready to spend generously after the control and preventive measures for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are eased, according to a survey conducted by the consumers' council of east China's Jiangsu Province. Th...

Italian founder of Pane Vivo Adriano Farano poses during a photo session on Wednesday at the Pane Vivo bakery production site in Paris. Photo: AFP Italian founder of Pane Vivo Adriano Farano poses during a photo session on Wednesday at the Pane Vivo bak...

A student takes an online course at home in Yuncheng, North China's Shanxi Province during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: IC As countries like Italy and Spain go on nation-wide lockdowns to battle COVID-19, more people around the world are staying at...

A Chinese food deliveryman Photo: IC Until last week, Ashlyne Collins worked as a bartender at a restaurant in Houston. But the coronavirus epidemic has shut the place down and the 22-year-old is out of work. Of course, like millions of Americans, Colli...

Apprentice Mizuho Iwai grinds wasabi at the Sushi Ginza Onodera restaurant in Tokyo on January 16. Photo: AFP Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can't work long hours - just some of the claims from those in Japan wh...