Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The price of silver today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $30.77 per ounce. That’s down 3.12% from yesterday’s silver price of $31.76.

Patricia Michelson, of La Fromagerie cheesemongers in London, told cheese lovers to “put two bog-standard sugar cubes in with the cheese, then seal and refrigerate”. The sugar, she told the ...