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Hungry? Print a pepperoni pizza

Nasa is funding the development of printed food with an eye on the long-haul, long-stay space missions of the future

Yo! Sushi owner in bidding for burger chain

The owner of Yo! Sushi is battling rival private equity firms to acquire Byron, the upmarket burger chain, for £100m.

The trouble with makeover shows is that the most memorable episodes are often the ones that fail, or end in insult

Gordon Ramsay's worst nightmare: A restaurant he cannot save

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Google Glasses will make suggestions based on what you’re seeing

Google is listening (and watching): First, futuristic specs. Next up it's Google Now, a voice-control service to sock it to Siri

Simon Usborne tries out Google Now - and finds the more it knows about you, the smarter it is

Beauty vending machines are in vogue at the moment

Forget stale Doritos, flat Fanta or a squashed Mars bar: Chanel's new vending machines arrive at Selfridges

Forget stale Doritos, flat Fanta or a squashed Mars bar after swimming. This is the 21st century and vending machines have gone upmarket. Chanel has set up its new machine, which dispenses mascaras instead of the usual disappointing swag, in Selfridges.

How To Be Beautiful: The best supplements for skin, hair and nails

Supplements. Note the name. They're not handy replacements for a healthy diet and lifestyle; they're a nice top-up of the nutrients you need to keep skin, hair and nails in good nick – usual suspects such as vitamins A, C and E plus minerals such as zinc, iron and silica.

Who shrank all the pies? Greggs downsizes and puts prices up

Britain's biggest bakery chain has reduced the size of several savouries while puffing up prices months after forcing the Government to back down over the “pasty tax”.

Sophisticated but simple: Pizza with taleggio

Pizza with taleggio

Makes 2 pizzas, serving 4-6

Hot dog stuffed-crust pizza helps Domino’s unveil tasty results during cold snap

It may have been cold outside recently, but inside Britain’s homes punters have been devouring Domino’s hot dog stuffed-crust pizza in huge numbers.

Max Mosley explained why he gave financial help to victims of hacking to sue papers

Donald Macintyre's Sketch: MPs fail to land punches in trial of Hacked Off

If Monday’s Commons debate was post-Leveson showdown lite, today’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing was the real thing. We had Max Mosley, who famously won a 2008 court action against the (late) News of the World after it turned over his private life. And we had at least three Tory MPs who could barely contain their fury at Hacked Off’s starring role in the Ed Miliband-hosted talks which secured the cross-party regulation deal with David Cameron.

If you ask me...I don’t want to die knowing I’d never bought an ice-cream maker

The New College of Elaborate Justifications Around Purchases is open

Record profits but Domino's sales flounder in snow

The City went cool on Domino's Pizza even as it posted record annual profits yesterday, as its more recent sales succumbed to the snow that hit the UK last month.

Being Modern: Tipping

it is an ancient practice thought to date back to the Romans, but the act of tipping keeps finding new ways to create testing modern moments.

Meanwhile in Davos...How the PM, George and Boris digested the GDP slump

Greenpeace activist Ben Stewart manages to snap Cameron, Osborne and Boris Johnson tucking into pizza and fondue during the World Economic Forum

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