STOCKHOLM — Scuba divers recently emerged from the Baltic Sea with some unexpected loot — a bottle of champagne that’s more than 200 years old, reports the Associated Press.  

The near-ancient bubbly, that head diver Christian Ekstrom called “sweet” with hints of “oak and tobacco,” is believed to be from the 1780s and was likely part of a cargo ship bound for Russia.
"We brought up the bottle to be able to establish how old the wreck was," Ekstrom told AP. "We didn't know it would be champagne. We thought it was wine or something."
The bottles were discovered last week in the Aland Islands, between Sweden and Finland. The delighted divers are sending their catch — about 30 bottles worth — to France to be tested for authenticity.

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France — At the core, the restaurant and hospitality business is really about service, and with that in mind, the France-based foodservice giant Sodexo upped the ante, recently announcing that more than 39,000 employees in 28 countries took part in its annual Servathon to fight hunger and malnutrition this spring.

The Canadian arm of the initiative was launched in 2000 to engage employees in hunger relief efforts in their local communities by serving food, fundraising, organizing food drives and holding free nutrition and food-safety workshops at hunger relief organizations.

MADRID — Acclaimed Spanish chef Ferran Adria has announced the opening of a new Barcelona restaurant with his pastry chef brother, according to the AFP.

"There will be a place to eat by Ferran and Albert Adria in Barcelona," he originally told the TV3 channel in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region recently.

LONDON — First it was punk music, and now it’s yeast spread. The Brits are breaching the border again, much to the delight of American diners longing for soft-boiled eggs and beans on toast.

According to a recent Telegraph article, formerly disparaged English cuisine is becoming a trendy culinary treat in Manhattan. While HP Sauce has been around for awhile, American diners are warming up to Marmite, Piccalilli and PG Tips.