Louis Smith: ‘I make a good roast duck. I won Ready Steady Cook with it’

Olympic medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith explains why it's all about eating the right food at the right time

Keri-Anne Payne: ‘Swimming is my passion. Baking comes a close second’

World champion 10km open water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne on her diet secrets. And pastry

How to be our cook and our doctor: an open letter to Paula Deen

As part of a series offering well-meaning unasked advice to the prominent, Emma G Keller lends guidance to Paula Deen

Comment is free readers on … body image

The people's panel: As an inquiry into self-image coincides with a protest against dieting, five readers tell us their experience

Why do Poles eat more veg than the rest of us?

Because there's a lot more to Polish cuisine than you might have thought

Starbucks to display calories, but who’s counting?

Starbucks are to list calorie information in their stores, but does knowing the calorie count of a hot drink or snack actually influence whether or not you buy it?

Selfridges’ raw milk dispenser ‘contravenes food hygiene regulations’

The Food Standards Agency says raw milk can only be sold to consumers directly from the farm at which it was produced

Obesity, battered sausage and me

For years, Hopi Sen consumed huge quantities of food – and got fat. Then one day, he stopped. So what changed?

Pass notes No 3,087: oysters

The Food Standards Agency says three-quarters of them contain norovirus

‘Gourmet’ salt is no better for your health than table variety, study finds

Experts say that rock and sea salt, popularised by celebrity chefs, are just a more expensive way to damage your health