Do you know that we may have to think twice before being smug and write about how unhealthy it is to eat sugary food. A new study has found that it might actually be causing people to eat more by making such products more enticing. Dieters who were confronted with warnings that “all sugary snacks are bad” ate more cookies than those who were presented with a positive message, … [Read more...]

The rise of social eating networks is giving the possibility to many to monetise skills that are not widely utilised in male-dominated restaurant kitchen culture. In Italy, Gnammo is the largest of many restaurants popping up all over Italy to promote a new trend in dinner parties. Users can search through chefs' online profiles for a menu they like and then dine at the chef's … [Read more...]

Your dose of inspiration this week should start with this article about Mikael Jonsson of Hedone who traded a career as a successful lawyer in Sweden with being a Michelin starred chef in London. He decided to do this when he was 44 when he says it started to grind in the back of his head that he should take his home-cooking skills and see how could he could become as a chef. … [Read more...]

Alain Ducasse is one of the world's greatest chefs. The 59-year-old French chef has 23 restaurants in seven countries, including two in London, and a total of 20 Michelin stars. He also runs cookery schools, has written numerous cookbooks, and last year he even devised a menu for the International Space Station (bon app, Tim Peake!). Read his story in an excellent interview … [Read more...]