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Gordon Ramsay will reportedly cook Christmas dinner for the Beckhams this year.

The 43-year-old TV star usually provides the family with a chef from one of his restaurants to prepare the festive meal, but there is no-one available this time, the Sunday Mirror claims.

A source close to the Beck… Continue

Nothing says delicious like prescription medication in your pudding, so student chefs in Bogota have whipped up a dessert made from passion fruit and Viagra, because they want people to experience not only deliciousness, but debilitating heart conditions.

The chefs believe it is an aphrodisiac because they gave the dessert to two groups of people, one group knew about the Viagra and the others didn’t, but both got aroused, which is awesome on both counts especially since Viag… Continue

Everyone likes a wine with character. How about one with 140 of them?

Yes, the people at Twitter — the social media site on which users post messages no longer than 140 characters — are getting into the wine business, putting together an ambitious project aimed at raising money for literacy.

While others hav… Continue

A new book claims it's what happens in the kitchen - not the bedroom - that has made humanity evolve.

A survey of women last year declared that chocolate was better than sex. A victorious sports captain might describe winning as better than sex. For sleep-deprived new parents, eight hours of kip ca… Continue

Perfect weather conditions – a fine summer followed by dry, cool nights in September – could make the 2009 bordeaux vintage one of the best on record, according to local wine experts.

Although the grape harvest is only just finishing and the juvenile wines will not be tasted for months, some profess… Continue