British department store Selfridge's on Sunday launched a new up-scale chocolate treat - the "Credit Crunch" - for shoppers looking for comfort food amid the international financial crisis.

A Russian man faces a jail term after eating part of his ex-wife's passport.

Squeamish men look away now: a Serbian chef is bringing out a no-holds-barred guide to cuisine with a twist: "The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With Balls."

Eating rats is the best way for rich and poor people to solve the global crisis of rising food prices, an Indian official said Wednesday as he unveiled his plan to put rodents on menus.

Guests at an upscale Japanese hotel had a special treat after dinner: "dream grapes" that are fresh, juicy - and cost nearly 30 dollars a pop.

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday used his weekly television address to give tips on cooking with garlic, hoping to ward off protests by farmers of the pungent bulb.

Romanian authorities have taken a seven-year-old boy weighing more than 100 kilogrammes out of his parents' custody so doctors can help him lose weight, officials said Wednesday.

Steaks out of a test-tube? The animal rights group PETA is putting up a million dollar reward for anyone who by 2012 can grow in-vitro meat that looks and tastes like the real thing.

A Croatian man claimed Saturday that he has built the biggest castle made of chocolate after working for 24 hours on his candy construction in a central Zagreb square, national television reported.

Two German army cooks have been suspended for preparing sausages partly using their own blood, the Focus weekly reported on Sunday.