Twitter users have started to post entire recipes online in no more than 140 characters - but some instructions are confusing. We challenged leading chefs to boil down their own recipes

Just how much can be said in 140 characters? Quite a lot, it seems.
Philosophical musings, travel directions, internal monologues, reflections on the day's politics and the repercussions of a drunken night have all been squeezed into the short space available for a posting on Twitter.

Many discuss food, including Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver who "tweet" suggestions, links to recipes and mini-appraisals of their latest meals.

Now, however, users of the internet phenomenon have gone one step further - compressing instructions on how to create an entire meal into the tiny space.
There is a growing trend for people, including some leading chefs, to create micro-recipes - a single paragraph that tells users how to make an entire starter, main course or dessert - then transmit them via Twitter. More...