An 11-Year-Old Chef Shares Her Sophisticated, Yet Easy, Recipes for the Italian Rice Dish

Most 11-year-olds can microwave leftovers, or whip themselves up a peanut butter and jelly. But how many can really show you a great risotto?



Romilly Newman is not your average 11-year-old. An ambitious young woman, she taught herself how to cook by watching the food network, and now she has mastered recipes that would make… Continue

Just over two and a half million years ago, our brains swelled. Less than a million years later, they swelled again, our posture and our gait changed, our jaws shrank, and we grew taller. These two evolutionary changes define our species, distinguishing us from our fellow primates.



Richard Wrangham has new ideas about why these changes occurred. He has no argument with the generally accepted wisdom that our first transformation – from nimble tree-climbing australopithecines… Continue

It is champagne's bubbles which give the drink flavour and fizz, and glasses that

promote bubbles will improve the drinking experience, scientists say.



Research shows there are up to 30 times more flavour-enhancing chemicals in the bubbles than in the rest of the drink.



Wine experts say the finding changes completely our understanding of the role of bubbles in sparkling drinks.



The study is reported in the journal Proceedings of the… Continue

Chefs and former colleagues have paid tribute to Keith Floyd following his death from a heart attack.

News that the ground-breaking broadcaster had died sparked an outpouring of affection from figures in the food and television industries.



Floyd died aged 65 after revealing only two months ago that he was suffering from bowel cancer.



He had suffered a heart attack at his partner's home in… Continue

Forget Gordon and Heston, here are the chefs to watch and tables to book for next year:



The 2010 versions of Harden's, Zagat and the Good Food Guide have all been published in the past week and stirred up the usual helping of bickering and oneupmanship at the top of the culinary charts.



By far… Continue