Everyone secretly loves eating alone. Here, top chefs and foodies confess their solitary dining habits, while former Observer columnist and author of Cooking in a Bedsitter Katharine Whitehorn recalls the days before TV dinners, Jay Rayner extols the pleasures of a gourmet table for one and Daisy Garnett tries not to have biscuits for her [...]
STOCKHOLM (Reuters Life!) – Former colleagues of best-selling crime fiction author Stieg Larsson have caused a furor in Sweden by questioning his talent as a writer and casting public doubt on whether he penned his books alone.
J D Salinger, famous American author best known for his classic 1951 novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ died on Thursday following prolonged illness at his home in New Hampshire, England.
The author of The New Feminism talks about challenging the resurgence of sexism in her new book, Living Dolls – and not being an angry feministI’m trying to establish just how often the feminist writer Natasha Walter gets angry. Is she ever in a rage before breakfast? “Rarely,” she says. Does she ever rant [...]
JAIPUR, India (Reuters Life!) – Living in exile often drives authors to cut all ties with their homeland, but for Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, being away from Nigeria just made him more eager to return to fix what he believes ails his country.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Irish writer Colm Toibin is favorite to win the Costa Book of the Year award on Tuesday for “Brooklyn,” the story of Irish woman Eilis Lacey who travels to New York in the 1950s in search of a job.
Author claims that over-30s would be happier if they settled for Mr Not BadWomen looking for a Mr Right should give up after 30 and settle for a Mr Second Best or a Mr Right Now.Lori Gottlieb, author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr Good Enough, which is published in the UK [...]
A new cooking show which focuses on Mexican cuisine is all set to be launched on the food network on Jan 23. The show is raking popularity even before its launch because of its association with celebrity Chef and cookbook author Marcela Valladolid.