Ever wondered what’s behind some of the seemingly meaningless, not to mention bizarre traditions at weddings? As we celebrate romance this month, we look at the heritage of wedding cakes Since antiquity, weddings have customarily been celebrated with a special cake. Ancient Roman wedding ceremonies were finalised by breaking a cake of wheat or barley (mustaceum) over the bride’s head as a symbol of good fortune. The newly married couple then ate a few crumbs in a custom known as confarreatio – eating together. Afterwards, the wedding guests gathered up the crumbs as tokens of good luck. The Roman poet…

While many foodies around the globe are caught up in creating new ways to push taste boundaries, Abbi Ben Yehudin, 30, and Gizelle Kennel, 23, are on a mission to make food taste like it’s supposed to. Having both been educated at a holistic Waldorf school, which emphasises mind, body and spiritual development, and raised in homes where organic and homegrown food was the norm rather than a fad, the two are hardly strangers to healthy produce that’s more about natural taste. One thing’s for sure: they’re not food fascists. In fact, the two go out of their way to…