The new editor of the French Michelin restaurant guide, Juliane Caspar, is the first woman and German to get the job.

A Borders chef starts a heart-friendly cooking course for patients at an Edinburgh hospital.

Things are getting hot in some of the finest kitchens in the world with a row breaking out between two of Spain's top chefs, as the BBC's Steve Kingstone reports.

BBC Spotlight's Andy Breare and cameraman Geoff Burrell get to grips in the galley with feeding 18 hungry mouths.

The culinary map of Europe and the Comber spud

A Chinese truffle is discovered growing in European soils, threatening the pre-eminence and culinary extravagance of the famous Perigord black truffle.

Two culinary sisters have ditched the usual fillings for their cakes and opted for root vegetables.

'Tis the season of excess, and the one time of the year when leftovers come into their own in the form of endless turkey sandwiches. Yet for the rest of the year, clearing one's plate is now frowned upon, says Lisa Jardine.

Britain is facing a shortage of highly skilled chefs, despite its growing reputation for culinary excellence, according to industry leaders.

England go 1-0 down in their five-match one-day series with Sri Lanka after a 119-run defeat in Dambulla.

The National Botanical Gardens of Wales offers redheads free entry to a festival celebrating the plant ginger.

Giant artworks at two Tube stations look at imaginary travel and London Underground's culinary history.

Italian restaurants abroad simply cannot compete with those at home, according to the country's culinary academy.

A Devon seafood company is doing the culinary equivalent of selling coals to Newcastle.

Processed foods have a bad reputation, but Unilever's only food ambassador is trying to change that.

It's grown in sheds, harvested by candelight and in the running for protected EU status, but what exactly is Yorkshire forced indoor rhubarb?

The Walnut Tree Inn restaurant - one of the best known in Wales since the 60s - announces its closure.

Time was when turkey was rare; a seasonal treat. These days you are as likely to find it bulking out briny hot dogs or pet food, as come across it at Christmas lunch.

As one council looks at banning the controversial foie gras, Spanish farmers have perfected an "ethical" version.

An insect native to China is ravaging some of Italy's finest chestnut forests in Tuscany.