Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume. Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".

A lively stylish wedding fair with over 55 exhibitors showcasing their products and services. Food, music and a licenced bar all set in the stunning Italian Villa wedding venue in Poole, made this the place to choose the supplier for your wedding.

Last Tuesday the simposium organized in Rome by the alimentary branches of Cna and Confartigianato on the perspectives for a modern and competitive artigianal production aimed at respecting Italy's gastronomic tradition in high-quality foods has been held.Joining the "Italian-European Coalition against GMOs" the representatives of both...

More than the half of the Italians they resigned yesterday his favorite plate, the pasta, to protest against the strong raise of prices that they are registering the basic products, between them the bread, the milk and specially the pasta, which is one of the food products most consumed in Italy.

Consumers are urged not to eat Locatelli Ricotta Salata cheese imported from Italy with packaging marked "SELL BY 01/21/08". The US Georgia Department of Agriculture has found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample.

A quintessential element of traditional Italian and Mediterranean cooking, garlic is at the centre of a gastronomic dispute in the nation that prides itself on the quality of its food. To critics it is just a stinky product that overwhelms more delicate flavours. Admirers say it enhances taste, gives the dish that extra punch...