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Bocuse outside his famed Michelin three-star restaurant L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges in Collonges-au-Mont-d'or in 2011.

Paul Bocuse, French chef who became cultural star, dies at 91

Paul Bocuse, who became one of the 20th century's most influential chefs by building on the traditions of French haute cuisine with a distinctive style that emphasised simplicity and freshness, has died. He was 91.

  • Richard Vines
Google's burger emoji

Where's the beef? Twitter row erupts over Google's and Apple's burger emojis

What started as a tweet highlighting the differences between the tech giants' burger emojis has ended in a suggestion that the debate might start World War III.

  • William McInnes
Croissants - a national staple.

The French fear for their pastries amid spreading butter crisis

The French butter crisis is spreading - some say it's the biggest shortage since the Second World War - and locals fear for their croissants.

  • Nick Miller
A cocktail made at the Black Pearl Bar in Melbourne - which ranked 22 in the World's 50 Best Bars Award.

Melbourne's Black Pearl cocktail bar snags honour in world's ranking of best

Acclaimed Melbourne bar Black Pearl has become the Steven Bradbury of Aussie cocktail-making, claiming the title of Best Bar in Australasia by staying steady as its competition crashed to the ice.

  • Nick Miller
Angela Merkel pictures adorn CDU election campaign literature ahead of the September 24 poll.

German supermarket deletes foreign goods from shelves to highlight diversity

Washington: A German grocery store just took a strong stand on diversity.

  • Amanda Erickson
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Porridge eaten at day and night has proven the secret to the Donnelly family's longevity.

Porridge the secret of 'the world's oldest family'

​With a combined age of 1075 years and 68 days, the 13 Donnelly siblings of County Armagh in Northern Ireland can proudly lay claim to being the world's oldest family.

A double chocolate and peanut butter shake made from white milk

The surprising number of American adults who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows

Seven percent of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, according to a nationally representative online survey.

  • Caitlin Dewey
Lunch time: People eat noodles at a street food stall on Thonglor road, Bangkok, Thailand. Officials see street food as an illegal nuisance.

'Every street vendor will have to move out': Bangkok to cease being finest street food destination

Thai authorities have ordered the clearance of food stalls across the capital by the end of the year.

  • Lindsay Murdoch
David Evans feared he'd been blinded when a chef threw chilli powder in his eyes.

Man feared he'd been blinded after chef threw chilli powder into his eyes

It is the question that annoyed chef Marco Pierre White so much he banned it from his restaurants – a hovering waiter asking, "are enjoying your meal, sir?"

All bets are off... McDonald's have put Nutella inside a burger.

McDonald's launches a Nutella burger in Italy

Holy diabetes! McDonald's have put Nutella inside a burger.

  • Emily Woods

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