How I rediscovered the joy of slow eating and slow living in Florence

After the monochrome tones of my life in London, I felt like I had landed in a Technicolor movie set, just as Iran had been in my childhood

Baobab fruit takes off as a ‘superfood’ with sharp rise in UK sales

African fruit’s popularity growing thanks to high content of nutrients and antioxidants

Eating out increases levels of phthalates in the body, study finds

US research discovers 35% increase in levels of chemical linked to disease in those who dined at restaurants the previous day

The dark truth about chocolate

Grand health claims have been made about chocolate, but while it gives us pleasure, can it really be good for us?

Explorer Levison Wood: ‘After my next big trip, I think I’ll go on a wife hunt’

The explorer, writer and photographer on significant others, sleeping in caves and eating bush rat

Stop chucking Twizzlers at Jamie Oliver – he’s still a class act

The campaigning chef was accused of patronising poor families but healthy eating is an urgent issue

Salad days: what’s life like following the new calorie guidelines?

The latest recommendations from Public Health England are to eat 400kcal for breakfast and 600kcal for lunch and dinner each – but it’s not as meagre as it sounds

So you gave up drink/carbs/iPhones? Fine. But we don’t want to hear about it

Why do the new puritans have to be so boring?

UK’s small abattoirs struggle as profit margins are squeezed

Demand for locally sourced meat may be high but suppliers face uncertain regulatory and economic environment

Cornelia Parker: ‘When a deadline looms, you have to come up with the goods’

The sculptor and installation artist, 61, on anxiety dreams, eating with family and being blood sugary