Richard Vines

Bruno Loubet places vegetables at the center of the plate at his new London restaurant.

Eric Chavot isn’t the easy-going kind of guy for whom cooking might ever be a form of relaxation.

The chef and restaurateur who helped Londoners discover their inner yearning for hot dogs with Champagne at Bubbledogs now plans to treat Mayfair diners to the whiskies and spicy foods served at gymkhana clubs in India.

John Constable’s “Salisbury Cathedral From the Meadows” has been bought for the U.K. for the equivalent of 40 million pounds ($60 million) by a new partnership of galleries, backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

London is home to world-class restaurants with elaborate and original gastronomic creations.

Michelin awarded three stars to Nakashima restaurant in Hiroshima in the inaugural guide to the city and neighboring area in western Japan.

Jamie Oliver has sold more than 30 million cook books, starred in television shows around the world and owns more than 30 restaurants, from London to Sydney.

The best restaurant in Asia is a former mom-and-pop cooking-oil shop in Taipei according to The Daily Meal, a U.S. food website.

You can dine out well or badly in many capitals. Paris is the same, only the highs are higher and the lows are more disappointing.

David Chang of Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York and Paul Kahan of Blackbird, Chicago, were last night named joint winners of the accolade for Outstanding Chef in the U.S. at the James Beard Foundation awards.

Rainer Becker is hunched over a banquette in Oblix, his new bar and grill on the 32nd floor of the Shard, offering views across London.

Ferran Adria and El Bulli, the restaurant in northern Spain that was named best in the world for a record five times, are to be the subject of an exhibition at Somerset House in London later this year.