We all have a soft spot for oddballs — think of John Malkovich, Bjork, and Bowie. But oddballs don’t just exist in Hollywood and pop music, they are also in the produce section of your grocery store ...

A food truck in southern Italy recently became the centre of a deadly health scare. A food-borne outbreak linked to preserved vegetables killed two people and sent more than a dozen to hospital. At ...

Nature has a mischievous side — and nowhere is it clearer than in its strangest vegetables. Beyond the supermarket aisles, hidden in forgotten farms and distant markets, thrive bizarre roots, alien ...