We have lost the art and the joy of eating according to a pioneer of French cuisine in Australia, Jean Daniel Ichallalene.

The elder statesman of the restaurant industry in Western Australia said that food for many people had become less important than the energy it delivered. This practice, he said, had led to a dulling of the senses.

Matching wine with Asian cuisine has always been an ambitious undertaking.

Perhaps that's why it took "a pommie army officer and an Aussie surfer dude" to pull off a clever winemaking and marketing stunt in one.

Sometimes good things can come from bad situations.

When US based food blogger, Pim Techamuanvivit, witnessed the devastating 2004 boxing day tsunami in Southeast Asia, she felt she had to do something to help.

Miss Indian Tonic Water may have been inspired by Elizabeth Taylor.

I'll never be sure, of course, as the knowledge behind the picture has been lost to the ages, but it could be her.

All Eaten Up was invited along to Sydney Seafood School at the fish markets last week for IGA's Food 4 Life program launch.

The focus of the program is to promote simple, healthy and affordable meal solutions for Australian families and to emphasise the importance of home cooking and using fresh, in-season produce.

Is it possible to save the world based on the foods you eat, while supporting local industries?

It is, according to the concept of Locavorism.

The third venture from the team behind Toko restaurant, tokonoma shochu bar + lounge,opened in Sydney on 2 December 2009 - and with it came a new Japanese drinking trend - shochu.

Blame Adriano Zumbo and THAT cooking show, but 2009 has seen the rise and rise of the pastry chef. And thank goodness for that, I say.

If a head chef is the conductor of the kitchen orchestra, then a good pastry chef is a true alchemist.

My mama used to say, "If people are busy enjoying their food, you can hear everything but their voices".

I had never heard Sydney's Wynyard park as quiet as it was last Tuesday, when Domino's CEO Don Meij and his trusty helpers hit Sydney's CBD with the offer of a lunch swap.

Western consumer concern over climate change can do more harm than good if it cuts demand for food produced in developing nations, warns a new book by Oxfam and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

The authors say locally produced food can actually cause greater emissions of greenhouse gases, and that consumers can harm the livelihoods of poor farmers in developing nations if they stop buying their produce.