Savour salt – the seasoning of the senses
Mark Bitterman: Salt is our most powerful tool for improving the flavour of food – and it turns out it's not so bad for us after all
Has best before passed its sell by?
New food labelling guidance could bring about the end of the 'best before' date. Do you obey food expiry dates to the letter or adopt a sniff and see approach?
Diners tuck into a Dirt Banquet
Zoe Cormier: Guests ate bacterial jelly, mud cakes and a posset of whale expectorant as part of the Wellcome Trust's Dirt Season
Jamie Oliver’s brain food crusade runs aground as school dinners hit £2.60
Healthy meals mean better grades, insists television's top chef Jamie Oliver, but price rises put progress at risk
The truth about health drinks
They're big business, but they contain more sugar than many consumers think, writes Laura Barton
Who eats all the pies? Salt surfeit puts men at risk, survey reveals
Men risking their lives by regularly tucking into salty pies, mash and gravy, warns health watchdog
What’s in your basket, Barbara Taylor Bradford?
John Briffa is mostly impressed by the novelist's diet – although the tinned custard isn't a winner…
Food and class: does what we eat reflect Britain’s social divide?
The received wisdom is that the middle classes eat well and can cook. Poorer people are more likely to be overweight and live on ready meals. But is it really true? Report by Louise Carpenter
Britain’s fried-chicken boom
Whether it's from KFC, Tennessee, Dixie, Perfect or Golden, fried chicken is Britain's fastest growing fast food. Can anything stem our appetite for it?
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colour