He has won global fame as the king of molecular gastronomy, a chef of such exquisite skills that his three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain was fully booked a year in advance... more
Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. This is a Sicilian coinage and it means exacting vengeance in a cool and emotionally detached way, usually long after the original perceived slight has been committed. Being a Scot, Gordon Brown knows all about revenge... more
Comedian Lee Hurst and Dame Helen Mirren received letters from Thames Water after they spoke out against plans for London's £3.6 billion super-sewer
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It was the year of the Coalition, resurgent banker bonuses and Lady Gaga’s meat dress, but how well do you remember 2010? Try our quiz — compiled exclusively from Evening Standard front-page stories — and find out... more
Jamie Oliver's latest recipe book has sold more than a million copies in less than three months, making it the biggest-selling non-fiction work since records began... more
Britons buying the specialist ingredients used by Delia Smith in her recipes lead to a 303% surge in demand for seedless green grapes and a big jump in sales of free-range sausages and English cider for Waitrose... more
Delia can do no wrong, particularly at Christmas, in Melanie McDonagh's eyes, but other imaginative and user-friendly food writers also find favour in her round-up... more
It was the year the economic bubble finally burst, but can you remember the financial events that made the headlines in 2008? Nick Curtis asks the questions... more
When Delia Smith suggested using packet frozen mash and tinned mince in her latest tome, How To Cheat At Cooking, she was lambasted by food snobs. ... more
Her book is a bestseller and her television show grabbed an audience of 4.1million this week. But not everyone is happy with Delia Smith's return to TV after an absence of six years... more
Delia Smith has ticked off fellow TV chef Gordon Ramsay for being foul-mouthed. The cookery queen praised Jamie Oliver and, despite the fact that she dislikes watching people eat on TV, Nigella Lawson
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How scientists love to tell us how stupid we are. This week, hot on the heels of Delia Smith's antiorganic comments, BBC2's Horizon is telling us that there is "little evidence" that non-organic foods are harmful. Well, Horizon, I don't care.
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Sometimes I wonder how anyone finds the time to cook. There are days when it's difficult to grab a cup of soup at lunchtime, never mind rustle up a balanced meal at night. Yet for me cooking remains one of life's great grounding experiences - at the end of a hectic day a piece of grilled fish and a freshly boiled potato is always better than a soulless ready meal... more
Delia Smith has launched an attack on celebrity chefs who she says are 'ridiculing' the public with fussy recipes and arrogant attitudes. The famously mild-mannered chef, who has become a favourite with housewives since her first book in 1971, has come under criticism from rival cooks such as Gary Rhodes for her 'over-simplistic' methods in the past... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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