A parliamentary restaurant that only serves politicians, journalists and privileged guests in Ottawa will soon be serving up seal meat alongside Canadian salmon and beef.

Uh-oh...the kids are soon likely to say, "Leggo my eggos". That's because Kellogg's is predicting a nationwide shortage of its frozen waffles until at least next summer.

A study in the Nov. 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and a recently released report by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture both point to American children struggling to get enough to eat. In 2008, a quarter of kids went hungry.

More Americans are going hungrier than they have in the past 14 years. The actual figure of those living in households without consistent access to food now comes to 49-million people.

A bottle of beer found in the wreckage of the Hindenburg sold for $16,680 (USD) at auction, shattering the world record.

Private companies want to edge into the market of providing nutrients to the world's hungry, and fortifying chewing gum with micronutrients is seen as one way to get a foothold on a huge market.

In the UK supermarket giant Asda has issued a recall notice for its own brand figs after it was found that the fruit was infested with moth larvae. Moth larvae are caterpillars.

St. Lawrence Market, Toronto's famous landmark, which is reminiscent of a European market in the early 20th century, held its 205th anniversary with food, entertainment and historical information.