Overweight septuagenarians are less likely to die within 10 years than people of "normal" weight in the same age group, an Australian study says.

Once upon a time, coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil's drink. When Pope Vincent III heard about this, he decided to taste it before banishing it. He enjoyed coffee so much that he decided to baptise it, saying, "Coffee is so delicious, it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."

It's not really a food story, but today we'll take a step away from the culinary to take our hats off to packaging.

A certain 'pop' culture icon has just turned 50, with Bubble Wrap celebrating its golden anniversary on January 26.

Trying to convince someone to love food they hate is like trying to convince someone that black is blue, or that one plus one is three. It's hard. ...

It's not what you eat, it's why you eat. Trying everything from meditation to Christianity, more and more women are facing up to the real reasons behind their unhappy relationships with food.

Alexithymia is a nerdy word for an inability to express feelings in words; it's a scientific way of describing a person who lacks emotional insight.

A major Queensland pub licensee who has switched a quarter of his 110 establishments to glass alternatives as a safety measure, says not one customer has complained.

The state government is encouraging all pubs to move to tempered glass or plastic after a spate of glassings, but has issued show cause notices to 77 venues where there have been repeated attacks.

There's more to Mexican cuisine than tacos, tortillas and tequila and Lori Horton has just the pedigree to introduce the clean flavours to the Australian palette.

Horton is the daughter of Brent Horton who, with his friend Bill Chicolte, opened the firdt licenced restaurant in St Kilda, Melbourne.

While Australians are very familiar with their world sporting heroes, not many know that we also have a world class baking team.

In fact, last year the Australian Baking Team came second only to the Italians at the Sigep Bread Cup, a world class event open to only 10 international teams which the Australian Baking Team's captain, Brett Noy, says is the toughest in the world.

As Australia Day approaches, many Australians will start to stock up their fridges with sausages, steaks, chicken and plenty of beer.

On January 26, friends and family gather in backyards across Australia,listen to Triple J's top 100 hits and drinking lots of beer, eyes hungrily on the centrepiece - the BBQ.

Imagine walls draped with strawberries, ceilings created from bales of hay and furniture crafted from retired road signs.

You'd think you were on a farm, right? Wrong.

Welcome to Perth's enex100's innovative new bar, the Greenhouse - made entirely from recycled and recyclable materials.