Richard Vines

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.

El Celler de Can Roca, a Spanish family establishment, last night headed the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, toppling Noma.

A temporary venue in a former Scout hut in east London serves a pizza that is the most delicious food item in the world, beating dishes from Italy, according to voters on the Chowzter Fast Feast awards.

It’s the early 1990s and I’m standing in front of the Triumphal Arch, a copycat Arc de Triomphe in downtown Pyongyang.

The hunt is on for the world’s finest burgers, pizzas and other everyday treats as the nominees are announced today for a new set of awards that honor humble foods rather than the peaks of gastronomy.