The nomenclature of food is arcane and elusive, muddled in history, religion, class and geography, morphed and moulded by a shapeshifting language. English is the slipperiest of tongues, devouring ...

Lizzie Foster was seven months pregnant with her daughter, Ruby, and her strange craving for baby powder upset her at first. Before long she couldn’t resist taking a bite. “I poured some on my palm… ...