In a corner of west London Seasons' chef Diego draws his culinary muse, as his musical predecessor and fellow Venetian Vivaldi did, from the four seasons.

Founder of Indian Zing, the only Indian restaurant awarded with two Michelin couverts in London's W4-W6 postcodes, Manoj Vasaikar says he became a chef purely by accident.

Purists may say pesto is an Italian basil and pine nut accompaniment with pasta.  Angela Malik says pesto merely means "paste".

The Fairtrade Foundation is urging people to buy Fairtrade food as part of The Big Lunch celebrations in their cities this weekend (18 July).

The U.S. online retailer Amazon's  launched its beta site for the sale of groceries earlier this week with an initial 22,000 products available for customers to purchase.