NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - In perhaps another sign of a recovering economy, millions of dollars worth of wines and spirits sold at three different auctions in New York over the weekend.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The average British mother relies on just nine different meals to feed her family, a study has found.

This Scotch was on the rocks for 100 years: Antarctic team to drill for lost cache of liquor. A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

Two crates of Scotch whisky belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton are to be recovered after being buried for a century under the Antarctic ice, officials said Monday.

Environmentalists say bluefin tuna catch quota too high, threatening survival of species. Environmentalists on Monday said an international deal to reduce catches of Atlantic bluefin tuna didn't go far enough to protect the species from extinction.

This Scotch was on the rocks for 100 years: Antarctic team to drill for lost cache of liquor. A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

Custom officials at Miami International Airport find sweet potatoes disguised as chocolates. A traveler who arrived at Miami International Airport earlier this month must pay a $300 penalty for trying to smuggle fresh sweet potatoes from Bolivia into the United States by disguising the vegetables as a candy. According to a news release, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists discovered the 18 small sweet potatoes in early November.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co <KO.N> unveiled goals on Monday that call for the revenue generated by the company and its bottlers to double to roughly $200 billion by 2020, with profit margins increasing.

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

New travel books: 100, 300, 500 and 1000 ideas. Looking for inspiration for your next trip?

The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend" -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday.

Coca-Cola pins hopes on future of new, rising middle class in countries like China, India. Coca-Cola Co. seeks to double its business in the next decade as it caters to the expected billion people worldwide who will join the middle class by 2020.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co <KO.N> unveiled goals on Monday that call for the revenue generated by the company and its bottlers to double to roughly $200 billion by 2020, with profit margins increasing.

This Scotch was on the rocks for 100 years: Antarctic team to drill for lost cache of liquor. A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky that has been on the rocks since a century ago.

Rules designed to protect food supply. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is recommending guidelines to establish a comprehensive product tracing system to track the movement of food products effectively from farm to point of sale or service.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - France has the Eiffel Tower and Burgundy and Beaujolais, while England has Big Ben and its beers and ales, and just as the waltz is wedded to Vienna, Gruner Veltliner is synonymous with Austria.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Chef Thomas Keller, who is known for his innovative but complex dishes, shows off his simpler, cozier side in his newest cookbook.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - France has the Eiffel Tower and Burgundy and Beaujolais, while England has Big Ben and its beers and ales, and just as the waltz is wedded to Vienna, Gruner Veltliner is synonymous with Austria.

Blogger strikes back against Pebble mine defender who wants boycott of Seattle restaurants. The fight is on between backers of an Alaska mine being developed near the world's most productive wild salmon streams and 13 Seattle restaurants.