Dukan diet divides French doctors over effect on health
Diet favoured by celebrities could cause long-term problems, experts claim, but inventor says obesity is the real health risk
Pork cooking temperatures lowered
The USDA has accepted what chefs and food scientists have known for years and lowered the minimum cooking temperature for pork. Do you trust pink pork?
25,000 Big Macs: burger a day keeps the doctor away (since 1972)
McDonald's restaurant in Wisconsin unfurls banner to mark loyal customer Don Gorske's 25,000th burger
TV review: True Stories: Dolphin Boy; Jamie’s Food Revolution Hits Hollywood
Despite the elaborate adoration of the dolphins, Dolphin Boy was not a very feelgood film, says Zoe Williams
Britain’s food habits: how well do we eat?
We're awash with TV chefs, recipe books and health campaigns, but how well are we eating – and what does our food say about us? Jon Henley sits down to dinner in five British homes
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